Note Books of Percy Bysshe Shelley: From the Originals in the Library of W.K. Bixby, Part 2members of the Bibliophile society, 1911 |
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... revisions in the verses ; but Mary ignored them in the main and gave us the rejected readings , which are certainly easier to see . The pencilling is very much rubbed , and I have not found it by any means a light task to decipher it ...
... revisions in the verses ; but Mary ignored them in the main and gave us the rejected readings , which are certainly easier to see . The pencilling is very much rubbed , and I have not found it by any means a light task to decipher it ...
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... revision is somewhat obscured by his having done a sum ( in ink ) across the first few lines , there was some excuse for his widow's mere guess . Her preference of the original thine own beauty to thy sweet beauty was perhaps a matter ...
... revision is somewhat obscured by his having done a sum ( in ink ) across the first few lines , there was some excuse for his widow's mere guess . Her preference of the original thine own beauty to thy sweet beauty was perhaps a matter ...
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... revisions required on this occasion , and the text is that of the published poem ; but in stanza LII the draft stands finally ( on page II 13 v . ) thus : - LII ] What is Freedom - o could slaves Answer from their living graves This ...
... revisions required on this occasion , and the text is that of the published poem ; but in stanza LII the draft stands finally ( on page II 13 v . ) thus : - LII ] What is Freedom - o could slaves Answer from their living graves This ...
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... his heart When his children climb his Knee On his child thy spirit deep . The first couplet cannot , in itself , have failed to pass muster even in Shelley's scrupulous system of revision ; and he did not interfere with a single [ 56 ]
... his heart When his children climb his Knee On his child thy spirit deep . The first couplet cannot , in itself , have failed to pass muster even in Shelley's scrupulous system of revision ; and he did not interfere with a single [ 56 ]
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... revision ; and he did not interfere with a single word of it . The second couplet was never done , as far as we know ; and the three attempts to deal with it are crossed through horizontally . I scarcely doubt that the lovely third line ...
... revision ; and he did not interfere with a single word of it . The second couplet was never done , as far as we know ; and the three attempts to deal with it are crossed through horizontally . I scarcely doubt that the lovely third line ...
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Page 21 - As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy.
Page 26 - Lawyers and priests, a motley crowd, To the earth their pale brows bowed; Like a bad prayer not over loud, Whispering - 'Thou art Law and God.
Page 22 - All were fat; and well they might Be in admirable plight, For one by one, and two by two, He tossed them human hearts to chew Which from his wide cloak he drew.
Page 100 - What a picture does this line suggest of the mind as a wilderness of intricate paths, wide as the universe, which is here made its symbol; a world within a world which he who seeks some knowledge with respect to what he ought to do searches throughout, as he would search the external universe for some valued thing which was hidden from him upon its surface.
Page 44 - Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many - they are few.
Page 155 - GOOD night? ah! no; the hour is ill Which severs those it should unite ; Let us remain together still, Then it will be good night. How can I call the lone night good, Though thy sweet wishes wing its flight ? Be it not said, thought, understood, Then it will be good night.
Page 45 - Tis to be a slave in soul And to hold no strong control Over your own wills, but be All that others make of ye.
Page 77 - I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers...
Page 108 - He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek.
Page 44 - So that ye for them are made Loom, and plough, and sword, and spade, With or without your own will bent To their defence and nourishment.