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TO WILLIAM SHELLEY (3) by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THY LITTLE FOOTSTEPS ON THE SANDS
Last Line: WHEN WE RETURNED TO GAZE ON THEE --
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; SHELLEY, WILLIAM (1816-1819); DEATH - BABIES;
THY little footsteps on the sands
Of a remote and lonely shore;
The twinkling of thine infant hands
Where now the worm will feed no more;
Thy mingled look of love and glee
When we returned to gaze on thee --



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