The desire of the moth for the star,
Of the night for the morrow,
The devotion to something afar
From the sphere of our sorrow.


One Word is Too Often Profaned (1821), st. 2.

Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes

The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow.

The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow.

The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow.

The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow.