The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume 3E. Moxon, 1847 |
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... dead , Like troops of ghosts on the dry wind past ; Their whistling noise made the birds aghast . And the gusty winds waked the winged seeds Out of their birth - place of ugly weeds , Till they clung round many a sweet flower's stem ...
... dead , Like troops of ghosts on the dry wind past ; Their whistling noise made the birds aghast . And the gusty winds waked the winged seeds Out of their birth - place of ugly weeds , Till they clung round many a sweet flower's stem ...
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... dead With a spirit of growth had been animated ! Spawn , weeds , and filth , a leprous scum , Made the running rivulet thick and dumb , And at its outlet , flags huge as stakes Dammed it up with roots knotted like water - snakes . And ...
... dead With a spirit of growth had been animated ! Spawn , weeds , and filth , a leprous scum , Made the running rivulet thick and dumb , And at its outlet , flags huge as stakes Dammed it up with roots knotted like water - snakes . And ...
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... dead child out , Shook the boughs thus laden , and heavy and stiff , And snapped them off with his rigid griff . When winter had gone and spring came back , The Sensitive Plant was a leafless wreck ; But the mandrakes , and toadstools ...
... dead child out , Shook the boughs thus laden , and heavy and stiff , And snapped them off with his rigid griff . When winter had gone and spring came back , The Sensitive Plant was a leafless wreck ; But the mandrakes , and toadstools ...
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... dead hulk On the living sea rolls an inanimate bulk , Like a corpse on the clay which is hung'ring to fold Its corruption around it . Meanwhile , from the hold , One deck is burst up from the waters below , And it splits like the ice ...
... dead hulk On the living sea rolls an inanimate bulk , Like a corpse on the clay which is hung'ring to fold Its corruption around it . Meanwhile , from the hold , One deck is burst up from the waters below , And it splits like the ice ...
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... dead . As on the jag of a mountain crag , Which an earthquake rocks and swings , An eagle alit one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings . And when sunset may breathe , from the lit sea beneath , Its ardours of rest and of ...
... dead . As on the jag of a mountain crag , Which an earthquake rocks and swings , An eagle alit one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings . And when sunset may breathe , from the lit sea beneath , Its ardours of rest and of ...
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