The thirtieth stanza of this work describes a "Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame / Over his living head like Heaven is bent," while the next three stanzas are an extended description of the author, whose "branded and ensanguined brow" was "like Cain's or Christ's.
The thirtieth stanza of this work describes a "Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame / Over his living head like Heaven is bent," while the next three stanzas are an extended description of the author, whose "branded and ensanguined brow" was "like Cain's or Christ's." The poet instructs a "noteless blot" to "Live though, whose infamy is not thy fame!" referencing a critic whom he blames for the death of the title character, whose soul "like a star, / Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are." The poet repeatedly exhorts the reader to "weep for" the title character "for he is dead" and declares that "his fate and fame shall be / An echo and a light unto Eternity." FTP, what is this elegy on the death of John Keats by Percy Bysshe Shelley?
The thirtieth stanza of this work describes a "Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame / Over his living head like Heaven is bent," while the next three stanzas are an extended description of the author, whose "branded and ensanguined brow" was "like Cain's or Christ's.
"Adonais"