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The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, With His Life; In Two Volumes
The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley With His Life In Two Volumes Author:Percy Bysshe Shelley General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1834 Original Publisher: Printed and published by John Ascham ... and sold by James Pattie ... and all booksellers in town and country. Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / English... more », Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wonldst thnu me? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured like a noon-tide bee, Shall I nestle near thy side 1 Wouldst thou me 1 -- Vnd I replied, No, not thee ! Death will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon -- Sleep will come when thou art fled; Of neither would I ask the boon I ask of thee, beloved Night -- Swift be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon! 3 EVENING. PONT A MARE, PI94. Thy sun is set; the swallows are asleep; The boats are flitting fast in the grey air ; The slow soft toads out of damp corners creep, And evening's breath, wandering here and there Over the quivering surface of the stream, Wakes not one ripple from its silent dream. There is no dew on the dry grass to-night, Nor damp within the shadow of the trees; The wind is intermitting, dry, and light; And in the inconstant motion of the breeze The dust and straws are driven up and down, And whirled about the pavement of the town. Within the surface of the fleeting river The wrinkled image of the city lay, Immoveably unquiet, and for ever It trembles, hut it never fades away ; Go to the [ ] You, being changed, will find it then as novr. The chasm in which the sun has sunk is shut By darkest barriers of enormous cloud, Like mountain over ...« less