# The Daemon of the World

Author: Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4654

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Daemon+of+the+World+Shelley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

How wonderful is Death, Death and his brother Sleep! One pale as yonder wan and horned moon, With lips of lurid blue, The other glowing like the vital morn, 5 When throned on ocean's wave It breathes over the world: Yet both so passing strange and wonderful!

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-daemon-of-the-world-4654/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-daemon-of-the-world-4654/chapters/1/index.md)