| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Time Long Past | | By Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) |
| | | LIKE the ghost of a dear friend dead | |
| Is Time long past. | |
| A tone which is now forever fled, | |
| A hope which is now forever past, | |
| A love so sweet it could not last, | 5 |
| Was Time long past. | |
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| There were sweet dreams in the night | |
| Of Time long past: | |
| And, was it sadness or delight, | |
| Each day a shadow onward cast | 10 |
| Which made us wish it yet might last— | |
| That Time long past. | |
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| There is regret, almost remorse, | |
| For Time long past. | |
| ’Tis like a child’s belovèd corse | 15 |
| A father watches, till at last | |
| Beauty is like remembrance, cast | |
| From Time long past. | | | | |
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