Alas! I have nor hope nor health,
Nor peace within nor calm around,
Nor that content surpassing wealth
The sage in meditation found.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples

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Topic

Meditation

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1824 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples." Posthumous Poems. London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824, I. 18.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Stanzas Written in Dejection-December 1818, near Naples." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 18.

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Time
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