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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MARY SHELLEY, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: My dearest mary, wherefore hast thou gone
Last Line: For thine own sake I cannot follow thee.
Subject(s): Grief; Mothers; Shelley, Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: My dearest mary, wherefore hast thou gone
Last Line: For thine own sake I cannot follow thee.
Subject(s): Grief; Mothers; Shelley, Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin; Sorrow; Sadness
My dearest Mary, wherefore hast thou gone,
And left me in this dreary world alone!
Thy form is here indeed -- a lovely one --
But thou art fled, gone down the dreary road,
That leads to Sorrow's most obscure abode;
Thou sittest on the hearth of pale despair, where
For thine own sake I cannot follow thee.
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