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by Percy Bysshe Shelley EpigramsFragment of the Elegy on the D...Fragment of the Elegy on the Death of Adonis Prom the Greek of Bion Published by Forman, "Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1876. I mourn Adonis dead—loveliest Adonis—
Dead, dead Adonis—and the Loves lament.
Sleep no more, Venus, wrapped in purple woof—
Wake violet-stoled… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Homer's Hymn to Castor and PolluxHymn to Mercury Translated from the Greek of Homer Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. This alone of the "Translations" is included in the Harvard manuscript book. 'Fragments of the drafts of this and the other Hymns of Homer exist among the Boscombe manuscripts… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume 1Volume 3Volume 2ContentsEarly Poems [1814, 1815]Poems Written in 1816Poems Written in 1817Poems Written in 1818Poems Written in 1819Poems Written in 1820Poems Written in 1821Poems Written in 1822
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems Written in 1821Poems Written in 1822The ZuccaThe Magnetic Lady to Her PatientLines: 'When the Lamp Is Shattered'To Jane: The InvitationTo Jane: The RecollectionThe Pine Forest of the Cascine Near PisaWith a Guitar, to JaneTo Jane: 'The Keen Stars Were Twinkling'A DirgeLines Written in the Bay of LericiLines: 'We Meet… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Jane: 'The Keen Stars Were Twinkling'Lines Written in the Bay of LericiA Dirge Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. Rough wind, that moanest loud
Grief too sad for song;
Wild wind, when sullen cloud
Knells all the night long;
Sad storm whose tears are vain,
Bare woods, whose branches strain… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley With a Guitar, to JaneA DirgeTo Jane: 'The Keen Stars Were Twinkling' Published in part (lines 7-24) by Medwin (under the title, "An Ariette for Music. To a Lady singing to her Accompaniment on the Guitar"), "The Athenaeum", November 17, 1832; reprinted by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 1st edition.… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Pine Forest of the Cascine Near PisaTo Jane: 'The Keen Stars Were Twinkling'With a Guitar, to Jane Published by Medwin, "The Athenaeum", October 20, 1832; "Frazer's Magazine", January 1833. There is a copy amongst the Trelawny manuscripts. Ariel to Miranda:—Take
This slave of Music, for the sake
Of him who… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Jane: The RecollectionWith a Guitar, to JaneThe Pine Forest of the Cascine Near Pisa This, the first draft of "To Jane: The Invitation, The Recollection", was published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824, and reprinted, "Poetical Works", 1839, 1st edition. See Editor's Prefatory Note to "The Invitation… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
To Jane: The Invitation
The Pine Forest of the Cascine Near Pisa
To Jane: The Recollection
Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition. See the Editor's prefatory note to the preceding.
1.
Now the last day of many days,
All beautiful and bright as thou,
The loveliest and the last, is dead,
Rise,… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Lines: 'When the Lamp Is Shattered'To Jane: The RecollectionTo Jane: The Invitation This and the following poem were published together in their original form as one piece under the title, "The Pine Forest of the Cascine near Pisa", by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824; reprinted in the same shape, "Poetical… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Magnetic Lady to Her PatientTo Jane: The InvitationLines: 'When the Lamp Is Shattered' Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. There is a copy amongst the Trelawny manuscripts. 1.
When the lamp is shattered
The light in the dust lies dead—
When the cloud is scattered
The rainbow's glory is shed… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The ZuccaLines: 'When the Lamp Is Shattered'The Magnetic Lady to Her Patient Published by Medwin, "The Athenaeum", August 11, 1832. There is a copy amongst the Trelawny manuscripts. 1.
'Sleep, sleep on! forget thy pain;
My hand is on thy brow,
My spirit on thy brain;
My pity on thy heart, poor friend;
And from… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley EpitaphNote on Poems of 1822, by Mrs. Shelley This morn thy gallant bark
Sailed on a sunny sea:
'Tis noon, and tempests dark
Have wrecked it on the lee.
Ah woe! ah woe!
By Spirits of the deep
Thou'rt cradled on the billow
To thy eternal sleep. Thou sleep'st upon the shore… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: To the MoonNote on Poems of 1822, by Mrs. ShelleyEpitaph Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. These are two friends whose lives were undivided;
So let their memory be, now they have glided
Under the grave; let not their bones be parted,
For their two hearts in life were single-hearted… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The IsleEpitaphFragment: To the Moon Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. Bright wanderer, fair coquette of Heaven,
To whom alone it has been given
To change and be adored for ever,
Envy not this dim world, for never
But once within its shadow grew
One fair as—
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Lines: 'We Meet Not As We Parted'Fragment: To the MoonThe Isle Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. There was a little lawny islet
By anemone and violet,
Like mosaic, paven:
And its roof was flowers and leaves
Which the summer's breath enweaves,
Where nor sun nor showers nor breeze
Pierce the… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Lines Written in the Bay of LericiThe IsleLines: 'We Meet Not As We Parted' Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. 1.
We meet not as we parted,
We feel more than all may see;
My bosom is heavy-hearted,
And thine full of doubt for me:—
One moment has bound the free. 2.
That moment is gone for… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley A DirgeLines: 'We Meet Not As We Parted'Lines Written in the Bay of Lerici Published from the Boscombe manuscripts by Dr. Garnett, "Macmillan's Magazine", June, 1862; reprinted, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. She left me at the silent time
When the moon had ceased to climb
The azure path of Heaven's steep,
And like… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Magnetic Lady to Her PatientThe Zucca Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824, and dated 'January, 1822.' There is a copy amongst the Boscombe manuscripts. 1.
Summer was dead and Autumn was expiring,
And infant Winter laughed upon the land
All cloudlessly and cold;—when I, desiring
More in this… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems Written in 1820Poems Written in 1822Poems Written in 1821Dirge for the YearTo NightTimeLinesFrom the Arabic: An ImitationTo Emilia VivianiThe FugitivesTo -SongMutabilityLines Written on Hearing the News of the Death of NapoleonSonnet: Political GreatnessThe AziolaA LamentRemembranceTo Edward WilliamsTo -To -A Bridal… Read more
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