Lyric Poem · Love
To Emilia Viviani
1Madonna, wherefore hast thou sent to me
2Sweet-basil and mignonette?
3Embleming love and health, which never yet
4In the same wreath might be.
5Alas, and they are wet!
6Is it with thy kisses or thy tears?
7For never rain or dew
8Such fragrance drew
9From plant or flower — the very doubt endears
10My sadness ever new,
11The sighs I breathe, the tears I shed for thee.
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“To Emilia Viviani” by Percy Bysshe Shelley — quilloak.com/poems/to-emilia-viviani
Quick facts
- Poem
- To Emilia Viviani
- Poet
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Length
- 14 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Love, Sad, Nature
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 14 lines · 2 stanzas of 3–11 lines
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- Author record
- Percy Bysshe Shelley1792–1822
- Source record
- PoetryDBTo Emilia Viviani by percy-bysshe-shelley, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 1bcc5a39866b636b…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.