I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Cloud

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "The Cloud." Prometheus Unbound, A Lyrical Drama, in Four Acts, With Other Poems. London: Charles and James Ollier, 1820, I. 1.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "The Cloud." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 1.

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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring-not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring-not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.