A Dialogue (Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems)
DEATH:For my dagger is bathed in the blood of the brave,I come, care-worn tenant of life, from the grave,Where Innocence ...
DEATH:For my dagger is bathed in the blood of the brave,I come, care-worn tenant of life, from the grave,Where Innocence ...
...And many there were hurt by that strong boy,His name, they said, was Pleasure,And near him stood, glorious beyond measureFour ...
Death! where is thy victory?To triumph whilst I die,To triumph whilst thine ebon wingEnfolds my shuddering soul?O Death! where is ...
I.It lieth, gazing on the midnight sky,Upon the cloudy mountain-peak supine;Below, far lands are seen tremblingly;Its horror and its beauty ...
I.Dares the lama, most fleet of the sons of the wind,The lion to rouse from his skull-covered lair?When the tiger ...
I.The waters are flashing,The white hail is dashing,The lightnings are glancing,The hoar-spray is dancing-Away!The whirlwind is rolling,The thunder is tolling,The ...
I.Brothers! between you and meWhirlwinds sweep and billows roar:Yet in spirit oft I seeOn thy wild and winding shoreFreedom's bloodless ...
I.Fairest of the Destinies,Disarray thy dazzling eyes:Keener far thy lightnings areThan the winged thou bearest,And the smile thou wearestWraps ...
I.Moonbeam, leave the shadowy vale,To bathe this burning brow.Moonbeam, why art thou so pale,As thou walkest o'er the dewy dale,Where ...
I.I pant for the music which is divine,My heart in its thirst is a dying flower;Pour forth the sound like ...
I.Corpses are cold in the tomb;Stones on the pavement are dumb;Abortions are dead in the womb,And their mothers look pale-like ...
I.How swiftly through Heaven's wide expanseBright day's resplendent colours fade!How sweetly does the moonbeam's glanceWith silver tint St. Irvyne's glade!II.No ...
I.Ghosts of the dead! have I not heard your yellingRise on the night-rolling breath of the blast,When o'er the dark ...
Why is it said thou canst not liveIn a youthful breast and fair,Since thou eternal life canst give,Canst bloom for ...
The stars may dissolve, and the fountain of lightMay sink into ne'er ending chaos and night,Our mansions must fall, and ...
Ah! grasp the dire dagger and couch the fell spear,If vengeance and death to thy bosom be dear,The dastard shall ...
I.We meet not as we parted,We feel more than all may see;My bosom is heavy-hearted,And thine full of doubt for ...
Fierce roars the midnight stormO'er the wild mountain,Dark clouds the night deform,Swift rolls the fountain--See! o'er yon rocky height,Dim mists ...
Ye hasten to the grave! What seek ye there,Ye restless thoughts and busy purposesOf the idle brain, which the world's ...
I.My faint spirit was sitting in the lightOf thy looks, my love;It panted for thee like the hind at noonFor ...
I.Death is here and death is there,Death is busy everywhere,All around, within, beneath,Above is death-and we are death.II.Death has set ...
I.Far, far away, O yeHalcyons of Memory,Seek some far calmer nestThan this abandoned breast!No news of your false springTo my ...
The Elements respect their Maker's seal!Still Like the scathed pine tree's height,Braving the tempests of the nightHave I 'scaped the ...
'Here lieth One whose name was writ on water.But, ere the breath that could erase it blew,Death, in remorse for ...
See yon opening flowerSpreads its fragrance to the blast;It fades within an hour,Its decay is pale--is fast.Paler is yon maiden;Faster ...
Hark! the owlet flaps his wingsIn the pathless dell beneath;Hark! 'tis the night-raven singsTidings of approaching death. (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
How stern are the woes of the desolate mourner As he bends in still grief o'er the hallowed bier, As ...
I weep for Adonais--he is dead! Oh, weep for Adonais! though our tears Thaw not the frost which binds so ...
(Lines written in the Vale of Chamouni) 1 The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its ...
"Throughout these infinite orbs of mingling light, Of which yon earth is one, is wide diffus'd A Spirit of activity ...
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