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Lift Not the Painted Veil

Monday, September 10, 2007

Lift Not the Painted Veil

Lift not the painted veil which those who live

Call Life; though unreal shapes be pictured there

And it but mimic all we would believe

With colours idly spread,--behind, lurk Fear

And Hope, twin Destinies, who ever weave

Their shadows o'er the chasm, sightless and drear.

I knew one who had lifted it . . . . he sought,

For his lost heart was tender, things to love

But found them not, alas; nor was there aught

The world contains, the which he could approve.

Through the unheeding many he did move,

A splendour among shadows--a bright blot

Upon this gloomy scene--a Spirit that strove

For truth, and like the Preacher, found it not

--- Sonnet: Lift Not the Painted Veil by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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  1. Blogger sloshblob said:
    3:01 PM  

    dear weilien,

    when i posted this sonnet on my blog, i couldn't write anything after that. i felt that whatever i wrote would betray its beauty.

    i think it's the same here with you too :)

    STILL HATE MY COURSE.

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