When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead -- When the cloud is scattered, The rainbow's glory is shed. (Percy Bysshe Shelley)

When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead -- When the cloud is scattered, The rainbow's glory is shed.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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