The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: From the Original Editions...Chatto & Windus, 1875 |
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... strange horror our days of uncertainty . The truth was at last known , -a truth that made our loved and lovely Italy appear a tomb , its sky a pall . Every heart echoed the deep lament , and my only consolation was in the praise and ...
... strange horror our days of uncertainty . The truth was at last known , -a truth that made our loved and lovely Italy appear a tomb , its sky a pall . Every heart echoed the deep lament , and my only consolation was in the praise and ...
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... strange gin , Which by the force of figured spells might win Its way over the sea , and sport therein ; For round the walls are hung dread engines , such As Vulcan never wrought for Jove to clutch Ixion or the Titan : -or the quick Wit ...
... strange gin , Which by the force of figured spells might win Its way over the sea , and sport therein ; For round the walls are hung dread engines , such As Vulcan never wrought for Jove to clutch Ixion or the Titan : -or the quick Wit ...
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... strange and dread Magical forms the brick floor overspread · Proteus transform'd to metal did not make More figures , or more strange ; nor did he take Such shapes of unintelligible brass , Or heap himself in such a horrid mass Of tin ...
... strange and dread Magical forms the brick floor overspread · Proteus transform'd to metal did not make More figures , or more strange ; nor did he take Such shapes of unintelligible brass , Or heap himself in such a horrid mass Of tin ...
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... strange trance over my fancy grew Which was not slumber , for the shade it spread Was so transparent , that the scene came through As clear as when a veil of light is drawn O'er evening hills they glimmer ; and I knew That I had felt ...
... strange trance over my fancy grew Which was not slumber , for the shade it spread Was so transparent , that the scene came through As clear as when a veil of light is drawn O'er evening hills they glimmer ; and I knew That I had felt ...
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... strange distortion out of the hill side , Was indeed one of those deluded crew , And that the grass , which methought hung so wide And white , was but his thin discolour'd hair , And that the holes it vainly sought to hide , Were or had ...
... strange distortion out of the hill side , Was indeed one of those deluded crew , And that the grass , which methought hung so wide And white , was but his thin discolour'd hair , And that the holes it vainly sought to hide , Were or had ...
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