 The breath whose might I have invoked in song Descends on me; my spirit's bark is driven, Far from the shore, far from the trembling throng Whose sails were never to the tempest given; The massy earth and sphered skies are riven! I am borne darkly, fearfully,...  Biographical and Critical Studies - Page 223by James Thomson - 1896 - 483 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...throng Whose sails were never to the tempest given ; The massy earth and sphered skies are riven! 1 am borne darkly, fearfully, afar ; Whilst burning...inmost veil of Heaven, The soul of Adonais, like a slar Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are. VERSES ADDRESSED TO THE NOBLE AND UNFORTUNATE LADY... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1833 - 448 pages
...of cold mortahty. The breath whose might I have invoked in so .g Descends on me ; my spirit's bnrk is driven Far from the shore, far from the trembling...The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are. THE CRUCIFIXION. PB SRELLEV. Imitated from the Italian of Crescembinii... | |
 | 1839 - 876 pages
...author: "The breath, whose might I have invoked in song, Descends on me ; my spirit's bark is driven Par from the shore, far from the trembling throng, Whose...The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the eternal are.1* Shelley. III. The continuance of grief is like that of clouds. When... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 460 pages
...trembling throng Whose sails were never to the tempest given ; The massy earth and sphered .-kit's are riven : I am borne darkly, fearfully, afar; Whilst...The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are. PB SHELLEY. THE CRUCIFIXION. Imitated from the Italian of Crescembini.... | |
 | 1839 - 914 pages
...things. ii. The last lines of the Adonais ! how singularly do they adumbrate the fate of their author: " The breath, whose might I have invoked in song, Descends...The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the eternal are.4 Shelley. m. The continuance of grief is like that of clouds. When it... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1839 - 408 pages
...massy earth and sphered skies are riven ! I am borne darkly, fearfully afar ; Whilst burningthrough the inmost veil of Heaven, The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beaeons from the abode where the Eternal are. MISCELLANEOUS, TO E*** V**s. MADONNA, wherefore hast... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 402 pages
...propheey the last stanza of the" Adonais!" The breath, whoso might I have invoked in song Deseends on me ; my spirit's bark is driven, Far from the shore,...veil of Heaven, The soul of Adonais, like a star, Deaeons from the abode where the Eternal are. * Captain Roberts watehed the vessel with his glass from... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Poets, English - 1840 - 396 pages
...throng, Whose sails were never to the tempest given ; The massy earth and sphered skies are riven I I am borne darkly, fearfully, afar ; Whilst burning...The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are. * Captain Roberts watched the vessel with his glass from the top of the... | |
 | American literature - 1848 - 614 pages
...has remarked — with words almost prophetic of his own approaching fate. "The breath, whose might 1 have invoked in song, Descends on me : my spirit's...The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are." At no period of Shelley's life did he enjoy good health ; and v.'hen... | |
 | American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
...shore, far from the trembling throng, Whose sails were never to the tempest given. The massy earth, the sphered skies are riven ! I am borne darkly, fearfully...The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the eternal are." Let us hope that in the crisis ofthat terrible storm, when his bark did... | |
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