All wept--as I think both ye now would,
If envy or age had not frozen your blood--
At the sorrow of my sweet pipings. (Percy Bysshe Shelley)

All wept--as I think both ye now would, If envy or age had not frozen your blood-- At the sorrow of my sweet pipings.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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