The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 2
1914.
Thy dewy looks sink in my breast; Thy gentle words stir poison there; Thou hast disturbed the only rest That was the portion of despair! Subdued to Duty's hard control, _5 I could have borne my wayward lot: The chains that bind this ruined soul Had cankered then—but crushed it not.
Away! the moor is dark beneath the moon, Rapid clouds have drank the last pale beam of even: Away! the gathering winds will call the darkness soon, And profoundest midnight shroud the serene lights of heaven.
Pause not! The time is past! Every voice cries, Away! _5 Tempt not with one last tear thy friend's ungentle mood: Thy lover's eye, so glazed and cold, dares not entreat thy stay: Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude.
Away, away! to thy sad and silent home; Pour bitter tears on its desolated hearth; _10 Watch the dim shades as like ghosts they go and come, And complicate strange webs of melancholy mirth.
The leaves of wasted autumn woods shall float around thine head: The blooms of dewy spring shall gleam beneath thy feet: But thy soul or this world must fade in the frost that binds the dead, _15 Ere midnight's frown and morning's smile, ere thou and peace may meet.
The cloud shadows of midnight possess their own repose, For the weary winds are silent, or the moon is in the deep: Some respite to its turbulence unresting ocean knows; Whatever moves, or toils, or grieves, hath its appointed sleep. _20
Thou in the grave shalt rest—yet till the phantoms flee Which that house and heath and garden made dear to thee erewhile, Thy remembrance, and repentance, and deep musings are not free From the music of two voices and the light of one sweet smile.
NOTE: _6 tear 1816; glance 1839.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY VOLUME 2
STANZA, WRITTEN AT BRACKNELL.
STANZAS.—APRIL, 1814.
TO HARRIET.
TO MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN.
MUTABILITY.
ON DEATH.
A SUMMER EVENING CHURCHYARD.
TO WORDSWORTH.
NOTE ON THE EARLY POEMS, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
HYMN TO INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY.
MONT BLANC.
CANCELLED PASSAGE OF MONT BLANC.
FRAGMENT: HOME.
FRAGMENT OF A GHOST STORY.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1816, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
TO CONSTANTIA, SINGING.
FRAGMENT: TO ONE SINGING.
A FRAGMENT: TO MUSIC.
'MIGHTY EAGLE'.
TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR.
TO WILLIAM SHELLEY.
FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE POEM TO WILLIAM SHELLEY.
ON FANNY GODWIN.
DEATH.
OTHO.
FRAGMENTS SUPPOSED TO BE PARTS OF OTHO.
'O THAT A CHARIOT OF CLOUD WERE MINE'.
A HATE-SONG.
LINES TO A CRITIC.
OZYMANDIAS.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1817, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
PASSAGE OF THE APENNINES.
THE PAST.
TO MARY —.
ON A FADED VIOLET.
LINES WRITTEN AMONG THE EUGANEAN HILLS.
INVOCATION TO MISERY.
STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION, NEAR NAPLES.
THE WOODMAN AND THE NIGHTINGALE.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1818, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND.
SIMILES FOR TWO POLITICAL CHARACTERS OF 1819.
FRAGMENT: TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM.
SONNET: ENGLAND IN 1819.
CANCELLED STANZA.
ODE TO HEAVEN.
ODE TO THE WEST WIND.
AN EXHORTATION.
THE INDIAN SERENADE.
CANCELLED PASSAGE.
TO SOPHIA [MISS STACEY].
LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY.
FRAGMENT: 'FOLLOW TO THE DEEP WOOD'S WEEDS'.
THE BIRTH OF PLEASURE.
VARIATION OF THE SONG OF THE MOON.
CANCELLED STANZA OF THE MASK OF ANARCHY.
CANCELLED PASSAGE.
A VISION OF THE SEA.
THE CLOUD.
TO A SKYLARK.
ODE TO LIBERTY.
CANCELLED PASSAGE.
ARETHUSA.
HYMN OF APOLLO.
HYMN OF PAN.
THE QUESTION.
ODE TO NAPLES.
AUTUMN: A DIRGE.
THE WANING MOON.
TO THE MOON.
DEATH.
LIBERTY.
SUMMER AND WINTER.
THE TOWER OF FAMINE.
AN ALLEGORY.
THE WORLD'S WANDERERS.
LINES TO A REVIEWER.
FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE ON SATIRE.
GOOD-NIGHT.
BUONA NOTTE.
ORPHEUS.
FIORDISPINA.
TIME LONG PAST.
TO NIGHT.
TIME.
FROM THE ARABIC: AN IMITATION.
TO EMILIA VIVIANI.
THE FUGITIVES.
MUTABILITY.
LINES WRITTEN ON HEARING THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON.
SONNET: POLITICAL GREATNESS.
THE AZIOLA.
A LAMENT.
REMEMBRANCE.
TO EDWARD WILLIAMS.
A BRIDAL SONG.
EPITHALAMIUM.
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME.
LOVE, HOPE, DESIRE, AND FEAR.
FRAGMENT: 'I WOULD NOT BE A KING'.
GINEVRA.
THE BOAT ON THE SERCHIO.
MUSIC.
SONNET TO BYRON.
FRAGMENT: 'METHOUGHT I WAS A BILLOW IN THE CROWD'.
TO-MORROW.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1821, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
THE MAGNETIC LADY TO HER PATIENT.
LINES: 'WHEN THE LAMP IS SHATTERED'.
TO JANE: THE INVITATION.
TO JANE: THE RECOLLECTION.
THE PINE FOREST OF THE CASCINE NEAR PISA.
WITH A GUITAR, TO JANE.
TO JANE: 'THE KEEN STARS WERE TWINKLING'.
A DIRGE.
LINES WRITTEN IN THE BAY OF LERICI.
LINES: 'WE MEET NOT AS WE PARTED'.
THE ISLE.
FRAGMENT: TO THE MOON.
EPITAPH.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1822, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
EARLY POEMS [1814, 1815].
STANZA, WRITTEN AT BRACKNELL.
STANZAS.—APRIL, 1814.
TO HARRIET.
TO MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN.
TO —.
MUTABILITY.
ON DEATH.
A SUMMER EVENING CHURCHYARD.
TO —.
TO WORDSWORTH.
FEELINGS OF A REPUBLICAN ON THE FALL OF BONAPARTE.
LINES.
NOTE ON THE EARLY POEMS, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
HYMN TO INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY.
MONT BLANC.
CANCELLED PASSAGE OF MONT BLANC.
FRAGMENT: HOME.
FRAGMENT OF A GHOST STORY.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1816, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
TO CONSTANTIA, SINGING.
STANZAS 1 AND 2.
FRAGMENT: TO ONE SINGING.
A FRAGMENT: TO MUSIC.
ANOTHER FRAGMENT: TO MUSIC.
'MIGHTY EAGLE'.
TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR.
TO WILLIAM SHELLEY.
FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE POEM TO WILLIAM SHELLEY.
ON FANNY GODWIN.
LINES.
DEATH.
OTHO.
FRAGMENTS SUPPOSED TO BE PARTS OF OTHO.
'O THAT A CHARIOT OF CLOUD WERE MINE'.
FRAGMENT: TO A FRIEND RELEASED FROM PRISON.
FRAGMENT: SATAN BROKEN LOOSE.
FRAGMENT: "IGNICULUS DESIDERII".
FRAGMENT: "AMOR AETERNUS".
FRAGMENT: THOUGHTS COME AND GO IN SOLITUDE.
A HATE-SONG.
LINES TO A CRITIC.
OZYMANDIAS.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1817, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
PASSAGE OF THE APENNINES.
THE PAST.
TO MARY —.
ON A FADED VIOLET.
LINES WRITTEN AMONG THE EUGANEAN HILLS.
SCENE FROM 'TASSO'.
SONG FOR 'TASSO'.
INVOCATION TO MISERY.
STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION, NEAR NAPLES.
THE WOODMAN AND THE NIGHTINGALE.
SONNET.
FRAGMENT: TO BYRON.
FRAGMENT: APOSTROPHE TO SILENCE.
FRAGMENT: THE LAKE'S MARGIN.
FRAGMENT: 'MY HEAD IS WILD WITH WEEPING'.
FRAGMENT: THE VINE-SHROUD.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1818, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND.
SIMILES FOR TWO POLITICAL CHARACTERS OF 1819.
FRAGMENT: TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM.
SONNET: ENGLAND IN 1819.
AN ODE, WRITTEN OCTOBER, 1819, BEFORE THE SPANIARDS HAD RECOVERED THEIR LIBERTY.
CANCELLED STANZA.
ODE TO HEAVEN.
CANCELLED FRAGMENTS OF THE ODE TO HEAVEN.
ODE TO THE WEST WIND.
AN EXHORTATION.
THE INDIAN SERENADE.
CANCELLED PASSAGE.
TO SOPHIA [MISS STACEY].
TO WILLIAM SHELLEY.
TO WILLIAM SHELLEY.
TO MARY SHELLEY.
TO MARY SHELLEY.
ON THE MEDUSA OF LEONARDO DA VINCI IN THE FLORENTINE GALLERY.
LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY.
FRAGMENT: 'FOLLOW TO THE DEEP WOOD'S WEEDS'.
THE BIRTH OF PLEASURE.
FRAGMENT: LOVE THE UNIVERSE TO-DAY.
FRAGMENT: 'A GENTLE STORY OF TWO LOVERS YOUNG'.
FRAGMENT: LOVE'S TENDER ATMOSPHERE.
FRAGMENT: WEDDED SOULS.
FRAGMENT: 'IS IT THAT IN SOME BRIGHTER SPHERE'.
FRAGMENT: SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY.
FRAGMENT: 'YE GENTLE VISITATIONS OF CALM THOUGHT'.
FRAGMENT: MUSIC AND SWEET POETRY.
FRAGMENT: THE SEPULCHRE OF MEMORY.
FRAGMENT: 'WHEN A LOVER CLASPS HIS FAIREST'.
FRAGMENT: 'WAKE THE SERPENT NOT'.
FRAGMENT: RAIN.
FRAGMENT: A TALE UNTOLD.
FRAGMENT: TO ITALY.
FRAGMENT: WINE OF THE FAIRIES.
FRAGMENT: A ROMAN'S CHAMBER.
FRAGMENT: ROME AND NATURE.
VARIATION OF THE SONG OF THE MOON.
CANCELLED STANZA OF THE MASK OF ANARCHY.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1819, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
PART 2.
CANCELLED PASSAGE.
A VISION OF THE SEA.
THE CLOUD.
TO A SKYLARK.
ODE TO LIBERTY.
CANCELLED PASSAGE OF THE ODE TO LIBERTY.
TO —.
ARETHUSA.
SONG OF PROSERPINE WHILE GATHERING FLOWERS ON THE PLAIN OF ENNA.
HYMN OF APOLLO.
HYMN OF PAN.
THE QUESTION.
THE TWO SPIRITS: AN ALLEGORY.
ODE TO NAPLES.
AUTUMN: A DIRGE.
THE WANING MOON.
TO THE MOON.
DEATH.
LIBERTY.
SUMMER AND WINTER.
THE TOWER OF FAMINE.
AN ALLEGORY.
THE WORLD'S WANDERERS.
SONNET.
LINES TO A REVIEWER.
FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE ON SATIRE.
GOOD-NIGHT.
BUONA NOTTE.
ORPHEUS.
FIORDISPINA.
TIME LONG PAST.
FRAGMENT: THE DESERTS OF DIM SLEEP.
FRAGMENT: 'THE VIEWLESS AND INVISIBLE CONSEQUENCE'.
FRAGMENT: A SERPENT-FACE.
FRAGMENT: DEATH IN LIFE.
FRAGMENT: 'SUCH HOPE, AS IS THE SICK DESPAIR OF GOOD'.
FRAGMENT: 'ALAS! THIS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT LIFE WAS'.
FRAGMENT: MILTON'S SPIRIT.
FRAGMENT: 'UNRISEN SPLENDOUR OF THE BRIGHTEST SUN'.
FRAGMENT: PATER OMNIPOTENS.
FRAGMENT: TO THE MIND OF MAN.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1820, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
TO NIGHT.
TIME.
LINES.
FROM THE ARABIC: AN IMITATION.
TO EMILIA VIVIANI.
THE FUGITIVES.
TO —.
SONG.
MUTABILITY.
LINES WRITTEN ON HEARING THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON.
SONNET: POLITICAL GREATNESS.
THE AZIOLA.
A LAMENT.
REMEMBRANCE.
TO EDWARD WILLIAMS.
TO —.
TO —.
A BRIDAL SONG.
EPITHALAMIUM.
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME.
LOVE, HOPE, DESIRE, AND FEAR.
FRAGMENTS WRITTEN FOR HELLAS.
FRAGMENT: 'I WOULD NOT BE A KING'.
GINEVRA.
EVENING: PONTE AL MARE, PISA
THE BOAT ON THE SERCHIO.
MUSIC.
SONNET TO BYRON.
FRAGMENT: 'METHOUGHT I WAS A BILLOW IN THE CROWD'.
TO-MORROW.
STANZA.
FRAGMENT: A WANDERER.
FRAGMENT: LIFE ROUNDED WITH SLEEP.
FRAGMENT: 'I FAINT, I PERISH WITH MY LOVE!'.
FRAGMENT: THE LADY OF THE SOUTH.
FRAGMENT: ZEPHYRUS THE AWAKENER.
FRAGMENT: RAIN.
FRAGMENT: 'WHEN SOFT WINDS AND SUNNY SKIES'.
FRAGMENT: 'AND THAT I WALK THUS PROUDLY CROWNED'.
FRAGMENT: 'THE RUDE WIND IS SINGING'.
FRAGMENT: 'GREAT SPIRIT'.
FRAGMENT: 'O THOU IMMORTAL DEITY'.
FRAGMENT: THE FALSE LAUREL AND THE TRUE.
FRAGMENT: MAY THE LIMNER.
FRAGMENT: BEAUTY'S HALO.
FRAGMENT: 'THE DEATH KNELL IS RINGING'.
FRAGMENT: 'I STOOD UPON A HEAVEN-CLEAVING TURRET'.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1821, BY MRS. SHELLEY.
THE MAGNETIC LADY TO HER PATIENT.
LINES: 'WHEN THE LAMP IS SHATTERED'.
TO JANE: THE INVITATION.
TO JANE: THE RECOLLECTION.
THE PINE FOREST OF THE CASCINE NEAR PISA.
WITH A GUITAR, TO JANE.
TO JANE: 'THE KEEN STARS WERE TWINKLING'.
A DIRGE.
LINES WRITTEN IN THE BAY OF LERICI.
LINES: 'WE MEET NOT AS WE PARTED'.
THE ISLE.
FRAGMENT: TO THE MOON.
EPITAPH.
NOTE ON POEMS OF 1822, BY MRS. SHELLEY.