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by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: Life Rounded with SleepFragment: The Lady of the SouthFragment: 'I Faint, I Perish with My Love!' Published by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870. I faint, I perish with my love! I grow
Frail as a cloud whose [splendours] pale
Under the evening's ever-changing glow:
I die like mist… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: A WandererFragment: 'I Faint, I Perish w...Fragment: Life Rounded with Sleep Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition. The babe is at peace within the womb;
The corpse is at rest within the tomb:
We begin in what we end.
by Percy Bysshe Shelley StanzaFragment: Life Rounded with SleepFragment: A Wanderer Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 1st edition. He wanders, like a day-appearing dream,
Through the dim wildernesses of the mind;
Through desert woods and tracts, which seem
Like ocean, homeless, boundless, unconfined.
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To-MorrowFragment: A WandererStanza Published by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870. Connected by Dowden with the preceding. If I walk in Autumn's even
While the dead leaves pass,
If I look on Spring's soft heaven,—
Something is not there which was
Winter's wondrous frost and snow,
Summer's… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: 'Methought I Was a B...StanzaTo-Morrow Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. Where art thou, beloved To-morrow?
When young and old, and strong and weak,
Rich and poor, through joy and sorrow,
Thy sweet smiles we ever seek,—
In thy place—ah! well-a-day!
We find the thing we fled—To-day… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Sonnet to ByronTo-MorrowFragment: 'Methought I Was a Billow in the Crowd' Published by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870. Methought I was a billow in the crowd
Of common men, that stream without a shore,
That ocean which at once is deaf and loud;
That I, a man, stood amid many more
By a… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To NightLinesTime Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years,
Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe
Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of mortality,
And sick of prey, yet howling on… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley MusicFragment: 'Methought I Was a B...Sonnet to Byron Published by Medwin, "The Shelley Papers", 1832 (lines 1-7), and "Life of Shelley", 1847 (lines 1-9, 12-14). Revised and completed from the Boscombe manuscript by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870. I am afraid these verses will not please… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Boat on the SerchioSonnet to ByronMusic Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. 1.
I pant for the music which is divine,
My heart in its thirst is a dying flower;
Pour forth the sound like enchanted wine,
Loosen the notes in a silver shower;
Like a herbless plain, for the gentle rain,
I gasp,… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Evening: Ponte Al Mare, PisaMusicThe Boat on the Serchio Published in part (lines 1-61, 88-118) by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824; revised and enlarged by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870. Our boat is asleep on Serchio's stream,
Its sails are folded like thoughts in a dream,
The… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley GinevraThe Boat on the SerchioEvening: Ponte Al Mare, Pisa Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. There is a draft amongst the Boscombe manuscripts. 1.
The sun is set; the swallows are asleep;
The bats are flitting fast in the gray air;
The slow soft toads out of damp corners creep,
And evening's… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: 'I Would Not Be a King'Evening: Ponte Al Mare, PisaGinevra Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824, and dated 'Pisa, 1821.' Wild, pale, and wonder-stricken, even as one
Who staggers forth into the air and sun
From the dark chamber of a mortal fever,
Bewildered, and incapable, and ever… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragments Written for HellasGinevraFragment: 'I Would Not Be a King' Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition. I would not be a king—enough
Of woe it is to love;
The path to power is steep and rough,
And tempests reign above.
I would not climb the imperial throne;
'Tis built on ice which… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Love, Hope, Desire, and FearFragment: 'I Would Not Be a King'Fragments Written for Hellas Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. 1.
Fairest of the Destinies,
Disarray thy dazzling eyes:
Keener far thy lightnings are
Than the winged [bolts] thou bearest,
And the smile thou wearest
Wraps thee as a… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Another Version of the SameFragments Written for HellasLove, Hope, Desire, and Fear Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. 'A very free translation of Brunetto Latini's "Tesoretto", lines 81-154.'-A.C. Bradley. ... And many there were hurt by that strong boy,
His name, they said, was Pleasure,… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley EpithalamiumLove, Hope, Desire, and FearAnother Version of the Same Published by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870, from the Trelawny manuscript of Edward Williams's play, "The Promise: or, A Year, a Month, and a Day". BOYS SING:
Night! with all thine eyes look down!
Darkness! weep thy… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley A Bridal SongAnother Version of the SameEpithalamium ANOTHER VERSION OF THE PRECEDING. Published by Medwin, "Life of Shelley", 1847. Night, with all thine eyes look down!
Darkness shed its holiest dew!
When ever smiled the inconstant moon
On a pair so true?
Hence, coy hour! and quench thy light,
Lest eyes… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dirge for the YearTimeTo Night Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. There is a transcript in the Harvard manuscript book. 1.
Swiftly walk o'er the western wave,
Spirit of Night!
Out of the misty eastern cave,
Where, all the long and lone daylight,
Thou wovest dreams of joy and fear,
'Which make… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To -EpithalamiumA Bridal Song Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. 1.
The golden gates of Sleep unbar
Where Strength and Beauty, met together,
Kindle their image like a star
In a sea of glassy weather!
Night, with all thy stars look down,—
Darkness, weep thy holiest dew,—
Never smiled the… Read more
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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A Bridal Song
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Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. There is a Boscombe manuscript.
1.
When passion's trance is overpast,
If tenderness and truth could last,
Or live, whilst all wild feelings keep
Some mortal slumber, dark and deep,
I should not weep, I should not weep!
2.
It were enough… Read more
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