Lyric Poem · Love
Kissing Helena
FROM THE GREEK OF PLATO.
Kissing Helena, together
With my kiss, my soul beside it
Came to my lips, and there I kept it, —
For the poor thing had wandered thither,
To follow where the kiss should guide it,
Oh, cruel I, to intercept it!
This poem is in the public domain.
“Kissing Helena” by Percy Bysshe Shelley — quilloak.com/poems/kissing-helena
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