Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, 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 an unextinguished hearth... Readings in English Literature - Page 262edited by - 1917 - 512 pagesFull view - About this book
| Anna Swanwick - Poetry - 1892 - 412 pages
...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...universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ! And, by the incantation of this verse, " Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth, Ashes and sparks,... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1892 - 242 pages
...which his message has been uttered, we must feel that ths longing has been fulfilled : — " Shall take from both a deep Autumnal tone, Sweet, though...universe Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth, And by the incantation of this verse " Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth, Ashes and sparks,... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - English poetry - 1892 - 252 pages
...forest is. * What though my leaves are falling like its own ? The tumult of thy mighty harmonies " Shall take from both a deep Autumnal tone, Sweet, though...universe Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth, And by the incantation of this verse " Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth, Ashes and sparks,... | |
| Anna Swanwick - Poetry - 1892 - 472 pages
...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,...unawakened earth " The trumpet of a prophecy ! O, Wind, If winter comes, can Spring be far behind ? " " This poem," it has been truly said, " is the clarion-cry... | |
| Anna Swanwick - Poetry - 1892 - 412 pages
...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,...lips to unawakened earth " The trumpet of a prophecy ! 0, Wind, If winter comes, can Spring be far behind? " " This poem," it has been truly said, " is... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 pages
...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...universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks,... | |
| James Baldwin - English poetry - 1894 - 376 pages
...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...universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth, Ashes and sparks,... | |
| William Macneile Dixon - English poetry - 1894 - 248 pages
...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...universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ! And by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth, Ashes and sparks,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1894 - 860 pages
...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...unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy ! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind ? FROM 'PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.' Semichorus I. of Spirits (as... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1894 - 862 pages
...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...lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy l O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind ? (1819,) FROM 'PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.' Semichorus... | |
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