The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume II

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume II (1914) compiles some of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s best-known works as a leading poet, playwright, and political thinker of the nineteenth century. As a leading figure among the English Romantics, Shelley was a master of poetic form and tradition who recognized the need for radical change in the social order. His work has influenced such writers and intellectuals as Karl Marx, Mahatma Gandhi, W. B. Yeats, and George Bernard Shaw. In “Ozymandias,” Shelley employs the language of archaeology to mask one of the greatest political poems of all time. The sonnet depicts a statue of an ancient king discovered in the Egyptian desert. Barely visible above the shifting sand, its pedestal reads “‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’” Juxtaposed with this language of bluster, the three remaining lines dispel the myth of power with expert precision: “Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away.” For Shelley, who identifies with the knowing, mischievous sculptor, the dominion of kings is nothing but hubris, a grain of sand in the vast expanse of time. In “To a Skylark,” Shelley immortalizes the song of a bird heard once and remembered forever: “The blue deep thou wingest, / And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.” As he longs to know the bird in order to mimic the celebratory nature of its song, Shelley reaches an understanding of the human condition, the tragic temperament of those who “look before and after, / And pine for what is not.” Unlike the poet, who must struggle to achieve his song, the skylark soars and sings and remains above the world of men, whose “sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.” With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume II is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

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• romanticism
• Poetry

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• Publié par: Mint Editions
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781513287003
• Langue: English
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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume II
P ercy Bysshe Shelley
 
T he C omplete P oetical W orks of P ercy B ysshe S helley V olume II was first published in 1800.
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C ONTENTS E ARLY P OEMS (1814, 1815) S TANZA, W RITTEN AT B RACKNELL S TANZAS.— A PRIL, 1814 T O H ARRIET T O M ARY W OLLSTONECRAFT G ODWIN T O—‘ Y ET L OOK ON M E’ M UTABILITY O N D EATH A S UMMER E VENING C HURCHYARD T O—‘ O H! T HERE ARE S PIRITS OF THE A IR’ T O W ORDSWORTH F EELINGS OF A R EPUBLICAN ON THE F ALL OF B ONAPARTE L INES: ‘ T HE C OLD E ARTH S LEPT B ELOW’ N OTE ON THE E ARLY P OEMS, BY M RS. S HELLEY P OEMS W RITTEN IN 1816. T HE S UNSET H YMN TO I NTELLECTUAL B EAUTY M ONT B LANC C ANCELLED P ASSAGE OF M ONT B LANC F RAGMENT: H OME F RAGMENT OF A G HOST S TORY N OTE ON P OEMS OF 1816, BY M RS. S HELLEY P OEMS W RITTEN IN 1817. M ARIANNE’S D REAM T O C ONSTANTIA, S INGING S TANZAS 1 AND 2 T O C ONSTANTIA F RAGMENT: T O O NE S INGING A F RAGMENT: T O M USIC A NOTHER F RAGMENT: T O M USIC ‘ M IGHTY E AGLE’ T O THE L ORD C HANCELLOR T O W ILLIAM S HELLEY F ROM THE O RIGINAL D RAFT OF THE P OEM TO W ILLIAM S HELLEY O N F ANNY G ODWIN L INES: ‘ T HAT T IME IS D EAD FOR E VER’ D EATH O THO F RAGMENTS S UPPOSED TO BE P ARTS OF O THO ‘ O THAT A C HARIOT OF C LOUD WERE M INE’ F RAGMENTS T o a F riend R eleased from P rison F ragment: S atan B roken L oose F ragment: “ I gniculus D esiderii” F ragment: “ A mor A eternus” F ragment: T houghts C ome and G o in S olitude A H ATE- S ONG L INES TO A C RITIC O ZYMANDIAS N OTE ON P OEMS OF 1817, BY M RS. S HELLEY P OEMS W RITTEN IN 1818. T O T HE N ILE P ASSAGE OF THE A PENNINES T HE P AST T O M ARY— O N A F ADED V IOLET L INES W RITTEN A MONG THE E UGANEAN H ILLS S CENE FROM ‘ T ASSO’ S ONG FOR ‘ T ASSO’ I NVOCATION TO M ISERY S TANZAS W RITTEN IN D EJECTION, N EAR N APLES T HE W OODMAN AND THE N IGHTINGALE M ARENGHI S ONNET: ‘ L IFT NOT THE P AINTED V EIL’ F RAGMENTS T o B yron F ragment: A postrophe to S ilence F ragment: T he L ake’s M argin F ragment: ‘ M y H ead is W ild with W eeping’ F ragment: T he V ine- S hroud N OTE ON P OEMS OF 1818, BY M RS. S HELLEY P OEMS W RITTEN IN 1819. L INES W RITTEN D URING THE C ASTLEREAGH A DMINISTRATION S ONG TO THE M EN OF E NGLAND S IMILES FOR T WO P OLITICAL C HARACTERS OF 1819 F RAGMENT: T O THE P EOPLE OF E NGLAND F RAGMENT: ‘ W HAT M EN G AIN F AIRLY’ A N EW N ATIONAL A NTHEM S ONNET: E NGLAND IN 1819 A N O DE, W RITTEN O CTOBER, 1819, B EFORE THE S PANIARDS HAD R ECOVERED THEIR L IBERTY C ANCELLED S TANZA O DE TO H EAVEN C ANCELLED F RAGMENTS OF THE O DE TO H EAVEN O DE TO THE W EST W IND A N E XHORTATION T HE I NDIAN S ERENADE C ANCELLED P ASSAGE T O S OPHIA ( M ISS S TACEY) T O W ILLIAM S HELLEY T O W ILLIAM S HELLEY T O M ARY S HELLEY T O M ARY S HELLEY O N THE M EDUSA OF L EONARDO DA V INCI IN THE F LORENTINE G ALLERY L OVE’S P HILOSOPHY F RAGMENT: ‘ F OLLOW TO THE D EEP W OOD’S W EEDS’ T HE B IRTH OF P LEASURE F RAGMENTS L ove the U niverse T o-day F ragment: ‘ A G entle S tory of T wo L overs Y oung’ F ragment: L ove’s T ender A tmosphere F ragment: W edded S ouls F ragment: ‘ I s it that in S ome B righter S phere’ F ragment: S ufficient U nto the D ay F ragment: ‘ Y e G entle V isitations of C alm T hought’ F ragment: M usic and S weet P oetry F ragment: T he S epulchre of M emory F ragment: ‘ W hen a L over C lasps his F airest’ F ragment: ‘ W ake the S erpent not’ F ragment: R ain F ragment: A T ale U ntold F ragment: T o I taly F ragment: W ine of the F airies F ragment: A R oman’s C hamber F ragment: R ome and N ature V ARIATION OF THE S ONG OF THE M OON C ANCELLED S TANZA OF THE M ASK OF A NARCHY N OTE ON P OEMS OF 1819, BY M RS. S HELLEY P OEMS W RITTEN IN 1820. T HE S ENSITIVE P LANT C ANCELLED P ASSAGE A V ISION OF THE S EA T HE C LOUD T O A S KYLARK O DE TO L IBERTY C ANCELLED P ASSAGE OF THE O DE TO L IBERTY T O—‘ I F EAR T HY K ISSES, G ENTLE M AIDEN’ A RETHUSA S ONG OF P ROSERPINE WHILE G ATHERING F LOWERS ON THE P LAIN OF E NNA H YMN OF A POLLO H YMN OF P AN T HE Q UESTION T HE T WO S PIRITS: A N A LLEGORY O DE TO N APLES A UTUMN: A D IRGE T HE W ANING M OON T O THE M OON D EATH L IBERTY S UMMER AND W INTER T HE T OWER OF F AMINE A N A LLEGORY T HE W ORLD’S W ANDERERS S ONNET: ‘ Y E H ASTEN TO THE G RAVE!’ L INES TO A R EVIEWER F RAGMENT OF A S ATIRE ON S ATIRE G OOD- N IGHT B UONA N OTTE O RPHEUS F IORDISPINA T IME L ONG P AST F RAGMENTS T he D eserts of D im S leep F ragment: ‘ T he V iewless and I nvisible C onsequence’ F ragment: A S erpent- F ace F ragment: D eath in L ife F ragment: ‘ S uch H ope, as is the S ick D espair of G ood’ F ragment: ‘ A las! T his is not W hat I T hought L ife W as’ F ragment: M ilton’s S pirit F ragment: ‘ U nrisen S plendour of the B rightest S un’ F ragment: P ater O mnipotens F ragment: T o the M ind of M an N OTE ON P OEMS OF 1820, BY M RS. S HELLEY P OEMS W RITTEN IN 1821. D IRGE FOR THE Y EAR T O N IGHT T IME L INES: ‘ F AR, F AR A WAY’ F ROM THE A RABIC: A N I MITATION T O E MILIA V IVIANI T HE F UGITIVES T O—‘ M USIC, W HEN S OFT V OICES D IE’ S ONG: ‘ R ARELY, R ARELY, C OMEST T HOU’ M UTABILITY L INES W RITTEN ON H EARING THE N EWS OF THE D EATH OF N APOLEON S ONNET: P OLITICAL G REATNESS T HE A ZIOLA A L AMENT R EMEMBRANCE T O E DWARD W ILLIAMS T O—‘ O NE W ORD IS T OO O FTEN P ROFANED’ T O—‘ W HEN P ASSION’S T RANCE IS O VERPAST’ A B RIDAL S ONG E PITHALAMIUM A NOTHER V ERSION OF THE S AME L OVE, H OPE, D ESIRE, AND F EAR F RAGMENTS W RITTEN FOR H ELLAS F RAGMENT: ‘ I W OULD NOT BE A K ING’ G INEVRA E VENING: P ONTE A L M ARE, P ISA T HE B OAT ON THE S ERCHIO M USIC S ONNET TO B YRON F RAGMENT ON K EATS F RAGMENT: ‘ M ETHOUGHT I WAS A B ILLOW IN THE C ROWD’ T O-MORROW S TANZA: ‘ I F I W ALK IN A UTUMN’S E VEN’ F RAGMENTS A W anderer F ragment: L ife R ounded with S leep F ragment: ‘ I F aint, I P erish with M y L ove!’ F ragment: T he L ady of the S outh F ragment: Z ephyrus the A wakener F ragment: R ain F ragment: ‘ W hen S oft W inds and S unny S kies’ F ragment: ‘ A nd that I W alk T hus P roudly C rowned’ F ragment: ‘ T he R ude W ind is S inging F ragment: ‘ G reat S pirit’ F ragment: ‘ O T hou I mmortal D eity’ F ragment: T he F alse L aurel and the T rue F ragment: M ay the L imner F ragment: B eauty’s H alo F ragment: ‘ T he D eath K nell is R inging’ F ragment: ‘ I S tood U pon a H eaven-cleaving T urret’ N OTE ON P OEMS OF 1821, BY M RS. S HELLEY P OEMS W RITTEN IN 1822. T HE Z UCCA T HE M AGNETIC L ADY TO HER P ATIENT L INES: ‘ W HEN THE L AMP IS S HATTERED’ T O J ANE: T HE I NVITATION T O J ANE: T HE R ECOLLECTION T HE P INE F OREST OF THE C ASCINE N EAR P ISA W ITH A G UITAR, TO J ANE T O J ANE: ‘ T HE K EEN S TARS W ERE T WINKLING’ A D IRGE L INES W RITTEN IN THE B AY OF L ERICI L INES: ‘ W E M EET NOT AS WE P ARTED’ T HE I SLE F RAGMENT: T O THE M OON E PITAPH N OTE ON P OEMS OF 1822, BY M RS. S HELLEY
 
E ARLY P OEMS (1814, 1815)
( T he poems which follow appeared, with a few exceptions, either in the volumes published from time to time by S helley himself, or in the “ P osthumous P oems” of 1824, or in the “ P oetical W orks” of 1839, of which a second and enlarged edition was published by M rs. S helley in the same year. A few made their first appearance in some fugitive publication—such as L eigh H unt’s “ L iterary P ocket- B ook”—and were subsequently incorporated in the collective editions. I n every case the editio princeps and (where this is possible) the exact date of composition are indicated below the title.)
 
S TANZA, W RITTEN AT B RACKNELL
( C omposed M arch, 1814. P ublished in H ogg’s “ L ife of S helley”, 1858.)
T hy dewy looks sink in my breast;
T hy gentle words stir poison there;
T hou hast disturbed the only rest
T hat was the portion of despair!
S ubdued to D uty’s hard control,
I could have borne my wayward lot:
T he chains that bind this ruined soul
H ad cankered then—but crushed it not.
 
S TANZAS.— A PRIL, 1814
( C omposed at B racknell, A pril, 1814. P ublished with “ A lastor”, 1816.)
A way! the moor is dark beneath the moon,
R apid clouds have drank the last pale beam of even:
A way! the gathering winds will call the darkness soon,
A nd profoundest midnight shroud the serene lights of heaven.
P ause not! T he time is past! E very voice cries, A way!
T empt not with one last tear thy friend’s ungentle mood:
T hy lover’s eye, so glazed and cold, dares not entreat thy stay:
D uty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude.
A way, away! to thy sad and silent home;
P our bitter tears on its desolated hearth;
W atch the dim shades as like ghosts they go and come,
A nd complicate strange webs of melancholy mirth.
T he leaves of wasted autumn woods shall float around thine head:
T he blooms of dewy spring shall gleam beneath thy feet:
B ut thy soul or this world must fade in the frost that binds the dead,
E re midnight’s frown and morning’s smile, ere thou and peace may meet.
T he cloud shadows of midnight possess their own repose,
F or the weary winds are silent, or the moon is in the deep:
S ome respite to its turbulence unresting ocean knows;
W hatever moves, or toils, or grieves, hath its appointed sleep.
T hou in the grave shalt rest—yet till the phantoms flee
W hich that house and heath and garden made dear to thee erewhile,
T hy remembrance, and repentance, and deep musings are not free
F rom the music of two voices and the light of one sweet smile.
 
T O H ARRIET
( C omposed M ay, 1814. P ublished (from the E sdaile manuscript) by D owden, “ L ife of S helley”, 1887.)
T hy look of love has power to calm
T he stormiest passion