Ode to the West Wind and Other PoemsIn 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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... And the plains that silent lie Underneath , the leaves unsodden Where the infant Frost has trodden With his morning - winged feet , Whose bright print is gleaming yet ; And the red and golden vines , Piercing with their trellised ...
... And the plains that silent lie Underneath , the leaves unsodden Where the infant Frost has trodden With his morning - winged feet , Whose bright print is gleaming yet ; And the red and golden vines , Piercing with their trellised ...
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XXV Then she lay down in the street , Right before the horses ' feet , Expecting , with a patient eye , Murder , Fraud , and Anarchy . XXVI When between her and her foes A mist , a light , an image rose , Small at first , and weak ...
XXV Then she lay down in the street , Right before the horses ' feet , Expecting , with a patient eye , Murder , Fraud , and Anarchy . XXVI When between her and her foes A mist , a light , an image rose , Small at first , and weak ...
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The wingèd words on which my soul would pierce Into the height of Love's rare Universe , Are chains of lead around its flight of fireI pant , I sink , I tremble , I expire ! Weak Verses , go , kneel at your Sovereign's feet , And say ...
The wingèd words on which my soul would pierce Into the height of Love's rare Universe , Are chains of lead around its flight of fireI pant , I sink , I tremble , I expire ! Weak Verses , go , kneel at your Sovereign's feet , And say ...
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Contents
April 1814 1814 | 1 |
Stanzas Written in Dejection Near Naples 1818 | 15 |
Song to the Men of England 1819 | 33 |
Copyright | |
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Adonais beautiful beneath birth blood blue breath bright clouds cold dark dead dear death deep delight dream earth eternal eyes faint fair fear feet fire flame fled flow flowers follow forest gentle golden grave green grief hear heard heart Heaven hope hour human isles Italy kiss land leaves less light lips living looked lost meet memory MICHIGAN mind Moon morning mountains mournful move never night o'er ocean once pain pale pass POEMS rain round seemed shadow silent sleep smile soft song soon sorrow soul sound spirit spread Spring stars STORIES stream sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought Till tower trembling truth turned UNIVERSITY veil voice wandering waves weak weep wild winds wings woods young
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| Title | Ode to the West Wind and Other Poems Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry |
| Author | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Dover Publications, 1993 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0486275582, 9780486275581 |
| Length | 128 pages |
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