Percy Bysshe Shelley - Stanzas 1 And 2 lyrics

As restored by Mr. C.D. Loco*k 1. Cease, cease—for such wild lessons madmen learn Thus to be lost, and thus to sink and die Perchance were d**h indeed!—Constantia turn In thy dark eyes a power like light doth lie Even though the sounds its voice that were Between [thy] lips are laid to sleep: Within thy breath, and on thy hair Like odour, it is [lingering] yet And from thy touch like fire doth leap— Even while I write, my burning cheeks are wet— Alas, that the torn heart can bleed but not forget. 2. [A deep and] breathless awe like the swift change Of dreams unseen but felt in youthful slumbers Wild sweet yet incommunicably strange Thou breathest now in fast ascending numbers… ***