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Unrisen Splendour Of The Brightest Sun

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Unrisen splendour of the brightest sun,
To rise upon our darkness, if the star
Now beckoning thee out of thy misty throne
Could thaw the clouds which wage an obscure war
With thy young brightness!




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