To the Moon [fragment]
Art thou pale for weariness
Of climbing Heaven, and gazing on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a different birth,—
And ever changing, like a joyless eye
That finds no object worth its constancy?
Credit
This poem is in the public domain.
About this Poem
“To the Moon [fragment]” was published in Posthumous Poems (W. M. Rossetti, 1824).
Author
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose literary career was marked with controversy due to his views on religion, atheism, socialism, and free love, is known as a talented lyrical poet and one of the major figures of English romanticism.
Date Published
05/22/2016