"IN THE AIR!"
A PARABLE FOR THE PERIOD.
"A course precipitous, of dizzy speed
Suspending thought and breath; a monstrous sight!
For in the air do I behold indeed
An Eagle and a Serpent wreathed in fight.
—SHELLEY's Revolt of Islam.
A monstrous sight! Through SHELLEY's vision rare
Of high Revolt one mighty image glows,