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NUMBER:53975
QUOTATION:When hearts have one mingled,
Love first leaves the well-built nest;
The weak one is singled
To endure what it once possessed.
O Love! who bewailest
The frailty of all things here,
Why choose you the frailest,
For your cradle, your home, and your bier.
ATTRIBUTION:Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), British poet. When the Lamp Is Shattered (l. 17–24). . .

The Complete Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary Shelley, ed. (1994) The Modern Library/Random House.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:Shelley Collection.
 
 
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