. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples HE sun is warm, the sky is waves are dancing fast andbright,=3 Blue isles and snowy mountainswearThe purple noons transparent breath of the moist earth is its unexpanded buds ; Like many a voice of one delight. The winds, the birds, the ocean floods, The Citys voice itself is soft like Solitudes. II. I see the Deeps untrampled floor With green and purple seaweeds strewn;74 Stanzas I see the waves upon the shore. Like light dissolved in star-showers, thrown :I sit upo
. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples HE sun is warm, the sky is waves are dancing fast andbright,=3 Blue isles and snowy mountainswearThe purple noons transparent breath of the moist earth is its unexpanded buds ; Like many a voice of one delight. The winds, the birds, the ocean floods, The Citys voice itself is soft like Solitudes. II. I see the Deeps untrampled floor With green and purple seaweeds strewn;74 Stanzas I see the waves upon the shore. Like light dissolved in star-showers, thrown :I sit upon the sands alone,The lightning of the noontide oceanIs flashing round me, and a toneArises from its measured motion,How sweet! did any heart now share in myemotion. III. Alas ! I have nor hope nor health. Nor peace within nor calm that content surpassing wealth The sage in meditation found. And walked with inward glory crowned —Nor fame, nor power, nor love, nor leisure. Others I see whom these surround — Smiling they live, and call life pleasure; — To me that cup has been
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