446 Percy Bysshe Shelley - The Early Years
The History of Literature
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'Thou Shalt Not Depart as Thy Shadow Came'
"Thy light alone like mist or mountains driven, gives grace and truth to life's unquiet dream," writes the poet. "Depart not as thy shadow came, depart not lest the grave should be like life and fear, a dark reality", he adds. 'I vowed that I would dedicate my powers to thee and thine, have I not kept the vow? Even now I call the phantoms of a thousand hours each from his voiceless grave'
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