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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... fair Which were twin - born with poetry , and all We seek in towns , with little to recall Regrets for the green country . I might sit In Maddalo's great palace , and his wit And subtle talk would cheer the winter night And make me know ...
... fair Which were twin - born with poetry , and all We seek in towns , with little to recall Regrets for the green country . I might sit In Maddalo's great palace , and his wit And subtle talk would cheer the winter night And make me know ...
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... but pity and awe Soothe her pale rage , nor dares she to deface So fair a prey , till darkness , and the law Of change , shall o'er his sleep the mortal curtain draw . IX Oh , weep for Adonais ! -The quick Dreams 98 Percy Bysshe Shelley.
... but pity and awe Soothe her pale rage , nor dares she to deface So fair a prey , till darkness , and the law Of change , shall o'er his sleep the mortal curtain draw . IX Oh , weep for Adonais ! -The quick Dreams 98 Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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... fair forest 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 ...
... fair forest 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 ...
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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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