 Make me thy lyre, 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 in sadness. Be thou, spirit fierce, My spirit ! Be thou me, impetuous one...  Shelley, a critical biography - Page 245by George Barnett Smith - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Dublin city, univ - 1871 - 366 pages
...west, Which hy and hy black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest." d, " Be thou, Spirit fierce, My Spirit ! be thou me, impetuous...one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth." e. " Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...swift and proud. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like its own ! and Company unextmguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind ! Be through my lips to unawakened earth... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...proud. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : I \Vhat if my leaves are falling like its own ! I `0& 5& j Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, spirit fierce, My spirit ! be thou me, impetuous one ! Drive my... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...swift, and proud. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : What if my leaves ore falling like its own ! eatest and the best, Stands sacred r Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit ! be thou mo, impetuous one ! Drive my... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 584 pages
...1 A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed One too like thee : tameless, and swift, and proud. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : What if...though in sadness. Be thou, spirit fierce, My spirit 1 Be thou me, impetuous one 1 Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken... | |
 | 1875 - 448 pages
...and proud. T. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like its own ! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies "Will take from...spirit fierce, My spirit ! Be thou me, impetuous one 1 Drive my dead thoughts over the Universe, Like wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth ; And, by the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 302 pages
...and proud. V. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from...a deep autumnal tone, Sweet though in sadness. Be tliou, spirit tierce, My spirit 1 be thou me, impetuous one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe... | |
 | 1877 - 302 pages
...and proud. V. Make me thy lyre, 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 antumnal tone, Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, spirit fierce, My spirit ! be thou me, impetuous one... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 376 pages
...swift, and proud. Make me thy lyre, ev'n as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from...the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguish'd hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! Be through my lips to unawaken'd earth... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 pages
...swift, and proud. Make me thy lyre, ev'n as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from...one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like witherM leaves to quicken a new birth; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguish'd... | |
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