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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... looked on him , But the gay smile had faded in his eye . ' And such , ' - he cried , ' is our mortality , And this must be the emblem and the sign Of what should be eternal and divine ! - And like that black and dreary bell , the soul ...
... looked on him , But the gay smile had faded in his eye . ' And such , ' - he cried , ' is our mortality , And this must be the emblem and the sign Of what should be eternal and divine ! - And like that black and dreary bell , the soul ...
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... flowing , Of those who on a sudden were beguiled Into strange silence , and looked forth and smiled Hearing sweet sounds . - Then I : ' Methinks there were A cure of these with patience and kind care , 22 Percy Bysshe Shelley.
... flowing , Of those who on a sudden were beguiled Into strange silence , and looked forth and smiled Hearing sweet sounds . - Then I : ' Methinks there were A cure of these with patience and kind care , 22 Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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... looked , but all was empty air . XXXI As flowers beneath May's footstep waken , As stars from Night's loose hair are shaken , As waves arise when loud winds call , Thoughts sprung where'er that step did fall . XXXII And the prostrate ...
... looked , but all was empty air . XXXI As flowers beneath May's footstep waken , As stars from Night's loose hair are shaken , As waves arise when loud winds call , Thoughts sprung where'er that step did fall . XXXII And the prostrate ...
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April 1814 1814 | 1 |
Stanzas Written in Dejection Near Naples 1818 | 15 |
Song to the Men of England 1819 | 33 |
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