Minor Poems

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["I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden."]

THE WORLD'S WANDERERS

AN ALLEGORY

TIME LONG PAST

SONNET. ["Ye hasten to the dead."]

ON THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON

LINES. "Far, far away."]

THE FUGITIVES.

SONG. ["Rarely, rarely comest thou."]

SONNET. POLITICAL GREATNESS

A BRIDAL SONG

TO JANE
TO JANE

["Music, when soft voices die."]

["One word is too often profaned."]

["When passion's trance."].

THE ZUCCA

A DIRGE

THE MAGNETIC LADY TO HER PATIENT

LINES. "When the lamp is shattered."]

THE INVITATION

THE RECOLLECTION

1822.

WITH A GUITAR, TO JANE.

TO JANE

LINES WRITTEN IN THE BAY OF LERICI

LINES. ["We meet not as we parted."]

THE ISLE

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SHELLEY'S MINOR POEMS.

ALASTOR;

OR,

THE SPIRIT OF SOLITUDE.

EARTH, Ocean, air, belovèd brotherhood!
If our great Mother has imbued
my
soul
With aught of natural piety to feel
Your love, and recompense the boon with mine;
If dewy morn, and odorous noon, and even,
With sunset and its gorgeous ministers,
And solemn midnight's tingling silentness;
If autumn's hollow sighs in the sere wood,
And winter robing with pure snow and crowns
Of starry ice the gray grass and bare boughs;
If spring's voluptuous pantings when she breathes
Her first sweet kisses, have been dear to me;
If no bright bird, insect, or gentle beast
I consciously have injured, but still loved
And cherished these my kindred; then forgive
This boast, belovèd brethren, and withdraw
No portion of your wonted favour now!

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