Percy Bysshe Shelley's

haller | 19:02 Mon 11th Nov 2002 | Arts & Literature

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I'm having trouble with this particular title, as the poem Mutability seems to have two different versions. Can anyone sort out this conundrum for me. Are they both works of the same poet bearing the same name, or have I just missed something altogether. One starts 'We are the clouds that veil the midnight moon' and another starts 'The flower that smiles to-day'. Please help! :)

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Quite simply, there are two poems with the same name. The one starting "We are as clouds..." was written in 1816; the other, starting "The flower that smiles..." was published in 1824 after Shelley's death in 1822. Presumably, both poems were given the same title by Shelley himself.

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