How does love live on? The Pocket University 12 September 2023
Sept. 11 brought Mendelssohn's thoughts on music. Today, Percy Bysshe Shelley shares metaphors for love.
What is music like when it’s gone? What are smells like when they’re gone? What is love like when it’s gone? Not the music itself, the petals themselves, the lover … but the sensation?
Percy Bysshe Shelley has been here before. He’s never been my favorite of the English Romantics, but his short poem here packs a short punch on an idea: How do things linger on? I’ll print it in full, thanks to its brevity:
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