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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... thou art a check , When his foot is on the neck Of his victim , thou dost make That he treads upon a snake . LVII " Thou art Justice - ne'er for gold May thy righteous laws be sold As laws are in England - thou Shield'st alike the high ...
... thou art a check , When his foot is on the neck Of his victim , thou dost make That he treads upon a snake . LVII " Thou art Justice - ne'er for gold May thy righteous laws be sold As laws are in England - thou Shield'st alike the high ...
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... thy thoughts , when thou art gone , Love itself shall slumber on . Song I Rarely , rarely , comest thou , Spirit of Delight ! Wherefore hast thou left me now Many a day and night ? Many a weary night and day " Tis since thou art fled ...
... thy thoughts , when thou art gone , Love itself shall slumber on . Song I Rarely , rarely , comest thou , Spirit of Delight ! Wherefore hast thou left me now Many a day and night ? Many a weary night and day " Tis since thou art fled ...
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... thou art beautiful . Sweet Spirit ! Sister of that orphan one , Whose empire is the name thou weepest on , In my heart's temple I suspend to thee These votive wreaths of withered memory . Poor captive bird ! who , from thy narrow cage ...
... thou art beautiful . Sweet Spirit ! Sister of that orphan one , Whose empire is the name thou weepest on , In my heart's temple I suspend to thee These votive wreaths of withered memory . Poor captive bird ! who , from thy narrow cage ...
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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