The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: From the Original Editions...Chatto & Windus, 1875 |
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... thine own bird the sweet enthusiasm Which overflows in notes of liquid gladness , Filling the sky like light ! How many a spasm " Of fever'd brains , oppress'd with grief and madness , Were lull'd by thee , delightful nightingale ! And ...
... thine own bird the sweet enthusiasm Which overflows in notes of liquid gladness , Filling the sky like light ! How many a spasm " Of fever'd brains , oppress'd with grief and madness , Were lull'd by thee , delightful nightingale ! And ...
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... thine , And winged words let sail , Freighted with truth even from the throne of God : That wealth , surviving fate , Be thine . All hail ! ANTISTROPHE c . y . Didst thou not start to hear Spain's thrilling paan From land to land re ...
... thine , And winged words let sail , Freighted with truth even from the throne of God : That wealth , surviving fate , Be thine . All hail ! ANTISTROPHE c . y . Didst thou not start to hear Spain's thrilling paan From land to land re ...
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... thine ! Or , with thine harmonizing ardours fill And raise thy sons , as o'er the prone horizon Thy lamp feeds every twilight wave with fire- Be man's high hope and unextinct desire , The instrument to work thy will divine ! Then clouds ...
... thine ! Or , with thine harmonizing ardours fill And raise thy sons , as o'er the prone horizon Thy lamp feeds every twilight wave with fire- Be man's high hope and unextinct desire , The instrument to work thy will divine ! Then clouds ...
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... thine hair the eyes of day , Kiss her until she be wearied out , Then wander o'er city , and sea , and land , Touching all with thine opiate wand- Come , long sought ! When I arose and saw the dawn , I sigh'd for thee ; When light rode ...
... thine hair the eyes of day , Kiss her until she be wearied out , Then wander o'er city , and sea , and land , Touching all with thine opiate wand- Come , long sought ! When I arose and saw the dawn , I sigh'd for thee ; When light rode ...
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... thine approaching flight , Come soon , soon ! EVENING . PONTE A MARE , PISA . HE sun is set ; the swallows are asleep ; The bats are flitting fast in the grey air ; The slow soft toads out of damp corners creep , And evening's breath ...
... thine approaching flight , Come soon , soon ! EVENING . PONTE A MARE , PISA . HE sun is set ; the swallows are asleep ; The bats are flitting fast in the grey air ; The slow soft toads out of damp corners creep , And evening's breath ...
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