The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe ShelleyMacmillan, 1913 - 708 pages |
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... heaven ; Whilst round the chariot's way Innumerable systems rolled , And countless spheres diffused An ever - varying glory . It was a sight of wonder : some Were hornèd like the crescent moon ; Some shed a mild and silver beam Like ...
... heaven ; Whilst round the chariot's way Innumerable systems rolled , And countless spheres diffused An ever - varying glory . It was a sight of wonder : some Were hornèd like the crescent moon ; Some shed a mild and silver beam Like ...
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... heaven , that renovate the insect tribes , May breathe not . Nature ! no ! Of Kings , priests , and statesmen , blast the human flower Even in its tender bud ; their influence darts of day The untainting light May visit not its longings ...
... heaven , that renovate the insect tribes , May breathe not . Nature ! no ! Of Kings , priests , and statesmen , blast the human flower Even in its tender bud ; their influence darts of day The untainting light May visit not its longings ...
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... heaven To light the midnights of his native town ! Yet every heart contains perfection's germ : the earth , But mean lust That all within it but the virtuous man Is venal : gold or fame will surely reach The price prefixed by ...
... heaven To light the midnights of his native town ! Yet every heart contains perfection's germ : the earth , But mean lust That all within it but the virtuous man Is venal : gold or fame will surely reach The price prefixed by ...
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... heaven with slaves ! thou stood'st Baffled and gloomy ; then thou didst sum up The elements of all that thou didst know ; The changing seasons , winter's leafless reign , The budding of the heaven - breathing trees , The eternal orbs ...
... heaven with slaves ! thou stood'st Baffled and gloomy ; then thou didst sum up The elements of all that thou didst know ; The changing seasons , winter's leafless reign , The budding of the heaven - breathing trees , The eternal orbs ...
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... Heaven ! Genius has seen thee in her passionate dreams , And dim forebodings of thy loveliness Towards these dreadless partners of their Haunting the human heart , have there play . All things are void of terror : man has lost His ...
... Heaven ! Genius has seen thee in her passionate dreams , And dim forebodings of thy loveliness Towards these dreadless partners of their Haunting the human heart , have there play . All things are void of terror : man has lost His ...
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art thou beams Beatrice beauty beneath blood bosom breast breath bright calm cave Cenci child Chorus clouds cold Cyclops Cyprian Dæmon dare dark dead death deep delight Demogorgon divine dream earth eternal eyes faint fair Faust fear feel fire flame fled flowers FRAGMENT gentle grave green Harvard College hast hear heart heaven hell hope human King Laon light lips living look Mephistopheles mighty mind moon mortal mountains never night o'er ocean pain pale Panthea passion Percy Bysshe Shelley Peter Bell Pisa poem Queen Mab Revolt of Islam round ruin Semichorus shadow Shelley Shelley's edition silent Silenus slaves sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit stars strange stream sweet swift tears tempest thee thine things thou art thought thro throne truth tyrant Ulysses voice wandering waves weep Whilst wild wind wings