"A Dirge": Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
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/ / | x / | x / Rough wind that moanest loud ^/ | / / | x / Grief too sad for song; / / | x / |x / Wild wind, when sullen cloud ^/ | / x | / / Knells all the night long; / / | x / | x / Sad storm, whose tears are vain, / / | x / | x / Bare woods, whose branches strain, / / | x / |x / Deep caves and dreary main, ^/ | x x | / / Wail, for the world's wrong!