. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... Arethusa. I. RETHUSAarose From her couch of snowsIn the Acroceraunian moun-tains, —From cloud and from crag,With many a jag,Shepherding her bright leapt down the rocks,With her rainbow locksStreaming among the streams ; —Her steps paved with greenThe downward ravineWhich slopes to the western gleams:244 Arethusa And gliding and springingShe went, ever singing, In murmurs as soft as sleep; The Earth seemed to love her,And Heaven smiled above her. As she lingered towards the deep. II. Then Alpheus bold, On his glacier his
. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... Arethusa. I. RETHUSAarose From her couch of snowsIn the Acroceraunian moun-tains, —From cloud and from crag,With many a jag,Shepherding her bright leapt down the rocks,With her rainbow locksStreaming among the streams ; —Her steps paved with greenThe downward ravineWhich slopes to the western gleams:244 Arethusa And gliding and springingShe went, ever singing, In murmurs as soft as sleep; The Earth seemed to love her,And Heaven smiled above her. As she lingered towards the deep. II. Then Alpheus bold, On his glacier his trident the mountains shook And opened a chasm In the rocks ; — with the spasmAll Erymanthus shook. And the black south wind It concealed behindThe urns of the silent snow. And earthquake and thunder Did rend in sunderThe bars of the springs below. The beard and the hair Of the River-god were245 Poems Written in 1820 Seen through the torrents he followed the lightOf the fleet nymphs flight To the brink of the Dorian deep. III. Oh, save me!
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