Note Books of Percy Bysshe Shelley: From the Originals in the Library of W.K. Bixby, Part 2members of the Bibliophile society, 1911 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
Page 5
... wrote no title or head - line to it ; but he filled the top - margin with a delicate little pen- sketch which I should take to depict the two sides of a stream - say the Thames at Marlow or Bis- ham ; it has an indefinably suggestive ...
... wrote no title or head - line to it ; but he filled the top - margin with a delicate little pen- sketch which I should take to depict the two sides of a stream - say the Thames at Marlow or Bis- ham ; it has an indefinably suggestive ...
Page 6
... wrote first Which is but , struck it through , and substituted Although it be but there is no trace of Mary's indeed ; but , as Shelley's not very distinct ( though absolutely cer- tain ) revision is somewhat obscured by his having done ...
... wrote first Which is but , struck it through , and substituted Although it be but there is no trace of Mary's indeed ; but , as Shelley's not very distinct ( though absolutely cer- tain ) revision is somewhat obscured by his having done ...
Page 8
... wrote " and , pity me , and I , " threw her arms round him , and melted : we need but sup- pose that the tide turned , and that the mood of cold self - approval and aloofness passed . In the case of such a couple there must have been ...
... wrote " and , pity me , and I , " threw her arms round him , and melted : we need but sup- pose that the tide turned , and that the mood of cold self - approval and aloofness passed . In the case of such a couple there must have been ...
Page 14
... wrote mightest , but of course meant mightiest . Mary ends with a dash instead of the word with . In the shadow of a tiny pen and ink tree , Shelley has left the word Distress close to this fragment ; but there is no reason to suspect ...
... wrote mightest , but of course meant mightiest . Mary ends with a dash instead of the word with . In the shadow of a tiny pen and ink tree , Shelley has left the word Distress close to this fragment ; but there is no reason to suspect ...
Page 16
... wrote light of morning , not blaze of morning , and ended with warning ! -not adding the uncompleted fourth couplet , which he may be presumed to have thought not worth putting to rights . I suspect it was at all events only a jotting ...
... wrote light of morning , not blaze of morning , and ended with warning ! -not adding the uncompleted fourth couplet , which he may be presumed to have thought not worth putting to rights . I suspect it was at all events only a jotting ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ÆSCHYLUS Agamemnon altered Art thou Beatrice beauty Bibliophile Bibliophile Society blood boy In winter camelions cancelled in favour cancelled opening cave Cenci child cloud Clytem[nestra Conington connexion couplet deep draft dream earth England established text excursus finally flowers fragment Greek head heart Heaven imagery jotted light line of stanza loud winds call Mary cum Shelley Mary Shelley Mask of Anarchy Medwin's Men of England Murder night Note Book Ocean palaces pale passage Pindar poem poet poet's poetry Prometheus Unbound prose quatrain rejected readings ROBERT GOULD SHAW says second couplet second line seems Shakespeare Shel Shelley manuscript Shelley wrote Sidmouth Sophocles Spenserian stanza spirit stands cancelled stanza XXXI struck substituted sweet tempest thee thine third line Thou art thought thro thunder tion triplet Tyger tyrants uncancelled VARIATIONS verse wanderings Wise and Mary Wise holograph word write
Popular passages
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.