The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
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- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Until the doves and squirrels would partake 100 ^ref-59952 From his innocuous band his bloodless food, — location: 6698
he would linger long ^ref-24005 In lonesome vales, making the wild his home, Until the doves and squirrels would partake 100 From his innocuous band his bloodless food, — location: 6697
he would linger long ^ref-24005 In lonesome vales, making the wild his home, Until the doves and squirrels would partake 100 From his innocuous band his bloodless food, — location: 6697
matting — location: 6710
Carmanian — location: 6714
Meanwhile an Arab maiden brought his food, ^ref-1864 Her daily portion, from her father’s tent, 130 And spread her matting for his couch, and stole From duties and repose to tend his steps, Enamoured, yet not daring for deep awe To speak her love, and watched his nightly sleep, Sleepless herself, to gaze upon his lips Parted in slumber, whence the regular breath Of innocent dreams arose; then, when red morn Made paler the pale moon, to her cold home Wildered, and wan, and panting, she returned. — location: 6709
The Poet, wandering on, through Arabie, 140 ^ref-39451 And Persia, and the wild Carmanian waste, And o’er the aërial mountains which pour down — location: 6713
Meanwhile an Arab maiden brought his food, ^ref-21123 Her daily portion, from her father’s tent, 130 And spread her matting for his couch, and stole From duties and repose to tend his steps, Enamoured, yet not daring for deep awe To speak her love, and watched his nightly sleep, Sleepless herself, to gaze upon his lips Parted in slumber, whence the regular breath Of innocent dreams arose; then, when red morn Made paler the pale moon, to her cold home Wildered, and wan, and panting, she returned. The Poet, wandering on, through Arabie, 140 And Persia, and the wild Carmanian waste, And o’er the aërial mountains which pour down — location: 6709
innocuous — location: 6698
True greatness asks not space, true excellence ^ref-43351 Lives in the Spirit of all things that live, Which lends it to the worlds thou callest thine. — location: 17774
on my vines ^ref-65030 The next time I compounded — location: 14899
that mankind had only to will that there should be no evil, and there would be — location: 16039
He followed certain classical authorities in figuring Saturn as the good principle, Jupiter the usurping evil one, and Prometheus as the regenerator, who, unable to bring mankind back to primitive innocence, used knowledge as a weapon to defeat evil, by leading mankind beyond the state wherein they are sinless through ignorance, to that in which they are virtuous through wisdom. — location: 16045
But the love of fame is frequently no more than a desire that the feelings of others should confirm, illustrate, and sympathize with, our own. In this respect it is allied with all that draws us out of ourselves. — location: 25630