POEMS WRITTEN FROM 1814 TO 1816. STANZA, WRITTEN AT BRACKNELL.' THY dewy looks sink in my breast; I could have borne my wayward lot: TO MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN.2 I. MINE eyes were dim with tears unshed; Yes, I was firm-thus wert not thou;— My baffled looks did fear yet dread To meet thy looks-I could not know 1 This stanza was written in March 1814, while Shelley was staying at the house of Mrs. Boinville. See Memoir, in vol. i, pages xxx and xxxi.-Ed. 2 This poem belongs to June 1814.-ED. How anxiously they sought to shine II. To sit and curb the soul's mute rage Of fettered grief that dares not groan, III. Whilst thou alone, then not regarded, IV. Upon my heart thy accents sweet V. We are not happy, sweet! our state VI. Gentle and good and mild thou art, |