Shelley + 

Knight-errant of the Never-ending Quest, + 

And Minstrel of the Unfulfilled Desire; + 

For ever tuning thy frail earthly lyre + 

To some unearthly music, and possessed + 

With painful passionate longing to invest + 

The golden dream of Love’s immortal fire + 

With mortal robes of beautiful attire, + 

And fold perfection to thy throbbing breast! + 

What wonder, Shelley, that the restless wave + 

Should claim thee and the leaping flame consume + 

Thy drifted form on Viareggio’s beach? + 

These were thine elements⁠—thy fitting grave. + 

But still thy soul rides on with fiery plume, + 

Thy wild song rings in ocean’s yearning speech! + 