TO-MORROW.
[Published by Mrs. Shelley, “Posthumous Poems”, 1824.]
Where art thou, beloved To-morrow?
When young and old, and strong and weak,
Rich and poor, through joy and sorrow,
Thy sweet smiles we ever seek,—
In thy place—ah! well-a-day! _5
We find the thing we fled—To-day.
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STANZA.
[Published by Rossetti, “Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.”, 1870.
Connected by Dowden with the preceding.]
If I walk in Autumn’s even
While the dead leaves pass,
If I look on Spring’s soft heaven,—
Something is not there which was
Winter’s wondrous frost and snow, _5
Summer’s clouds, where are they now?
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FRAGMENT: A WANDERER.
[Published by Mrs. Shelley, “Poetical Works”, 1839, 1st edition.]