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" Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own ! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone, Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! "
A thousand and one gems of English poetry, selected and arranged by C. Mackay - Page 434
edited by - 1897
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...hours has chain'd and bow'd One too like thee : tameless, and swift, and proud. Make me thy lyre, ev'n as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like...impetuous one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from...
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Foliorum silvula, selections for translation into Latin and Greek ..., Volume 1

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...plain and hill: wild spirit, which art moving every where: destroyer and preserver; hear, oh hear! Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is: what if my...impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ; and, by the incantation of this verse, scatter, as from...
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Southland Writers: Biographical and Critical Sketches of the ..., Volume 1

Mary T. Tardy - American literature - 1870 - 524 pages
...One too like thee ! Tameless and swift, and proud — " And continuing to the close, he went on : " Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is ; What, if...impetuous one; Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth, And by the incantation of this verse, Scatter — as...
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Poetical Works

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1870 - 664 pages
...heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed One too like thee — tameless, and swift, and proud. 5. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : What if...impetuous one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from...
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Favourite English poems and poets

English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...hours has chain'd and bow'd One too like thee : tameless, and swift, and proud. Make me thy lyre, ev*n as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like...impetuous one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from...
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The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Including Various ..., Volume 2

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1870 - 628 pages
...heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed One too like thee — tameless, and swift, and proud. v. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : What if...Spirit fierce, My spirit ! Be thou me, impetuous one I Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth; And, by the...
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The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1871 - 742 pages
...A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed One too like thee : tameless, and swift, and proud v. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : What if...though in sadness. Be thou, spirit fierce My spirit I Be thou me, impetuous one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...in my sore need. 0, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud ! 1 fall upon the thorns of life ! I bleed I e weal Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from...
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The poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Repr., with mem ..., Issue 800

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 646 pages
...prayer in my sore need. Oh ! lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud ! I fall upon the thorns of life ! I bleed ! A heavy weight of hours has chained and...impetuous one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from...
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An Elocutionary Manual: With an Introductory Essay on the Study of ...

Readers and speakers - 1875 - 448 pages
...heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed One too like thee : tameless, and swift, and proud. T. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : What if...spirit fierce, My spirit ! Be thou me, impetuous one 1 Drive my dead thoughts over the Universe, Like wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth ; And, by the...
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