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THE DESERTS OF SLEEP by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WENT INTO THE DESERTS OF DIM SLEEP
Last Line: BOUNDS THIS WITH ITS RECESSES WIDE AND DEEP.
Subject(s): SLEEP;
I WENT into the deserts of dim sleep --
That world which, like an unknown wilderness,
Bounds this with its recesses wide and deep.



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