Ode to the West Wind and Other PoemsDover Publications, 1993 M03 30 - 128 pages In the pantheon of English poets, Shelley has long occupied a lofty place, his poems as admired for their profound thought and subtle perceptions as for the music and fervor of their language. His life as well as his poetry embraced the passions, ideals, and causes of Romanticism, whose emergence and early influences coincided with the dates of his own brief life (1792–1822). This selection of many of Shelley’s best-known and most representative poems will give readers an exciting encounter with one of the most original and stimulating figures in English poetry. Thirty-seven poems of varying lengths are included, among them such well-known verses as "Adonais," "Ode to the West Wind," "Ozymandias," "The Cloud," "To a Skylark," "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty," and "Arethusa." |
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... green sea The waveless plain of Lombardy , Bounded by the vaporous air , Islanded by cities fair ; Underneath Day's azure eyes Ocean's nursling , Venice lies , A peopled labyrinth of walls , Amphitrite's destined halls , Which her hoary ...
... green sea The waveless plain of Lombardy , Bounded by the vaporous air , Islanded by cities fair ; Underneath Day's azure eyes Ocean's nursling , Venice lies , A peopled labyrinth of walls , Amphitrite's destined halls , Which her hoary ...
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... green and purple seaweeds strown ; I see the waves upon the shore , Like light dissolved in star - showers , thrown : I sit upon the sands alone , - The lightning of the noontide ocean Is flashing round me , and a tone Arises from its ...
... green and purple seaweeds strown ; I see the waves upon the shore , Like light dissolved in star - showers , thrown : I sit upon the sands alone , - The lightning of the noontide ocean Is flashing round me , and a tone Arises from its ...
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... green . And all was interfused beneath With an Elysian glow , An atmosphere without a breath , A softer day below . Like one beloved the scene had lent To the dark water's breast , Its every leaf and lineament With more than truth ...
... green . And all was interfused beneath With an Elysian glow , An atmosphere without a breath , A softer day below . Like one beloved the scene had lent To the dark water's breast , Its every leaf and lineament With more than truth ...
Contents
April 1814 1814 | 1 |
Stanzas Written in Dejection Near Naples 1818 | 15 |
Song to the Men of England 1819 | 33 |
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