Fragment: The Deserts of Dim Sleep
I went into the deserts of dim sleep-- That world which, like an unknown wilderness, Bounds this with its recesses wide and deep--
Percy Bysshe Shelley
I went into the deserts of dim sleep-- That world which, like an unknown wilderness, Bounds this with its recesses wide and deep--
The speaker slips into a strange, half-lit realm: the “deserts of dim sleep.” It’s a place that feels vast, empty, and a little eerie, not quite unconsciousness but something more shadowy and remote.
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