The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (ed. Hutchinson, 1914)/Igniculus Desiderii
FRAGMENT: IGNIGULUS DESIDERII
[Published by Mrs. Shelley, P. W., 1839, 1st ed. This fragment is amongst the Shelley MSS. at the Bodleian. See Mr. C. D. Locock's Examination, &c., 1903, p. 63.]
To thirst and find no fill—to wail and wander
With short unsteady[1] steps—to pause and ponder—
To feel the blood run through the veins and tingle
Where busy thought and blind sensation mingle;
To nurse the image of unfelt caresses 5
Till dim imagination just possesses
The half-created shadow, then all the night
Sick . . .[2]
With short unsteady[1] steps—to pause and ponder—
To feel the blood run through the veins and tingle
Where busy thought and blind sensation mingle;
To nurse the image of unfelt caresses 5
Till dim imagination just possesses
The half-created shadow, then all the night
Sick . . .[2]