. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... Ode to Naples. EPODE I. a STOOD within the city disin-terred ; *And heard the autumnal leaveslike light footfallsOf spirits passing through the streets; andheardThe Mountains slumberous voice at inter-valsThrill through those roofless halls: The author has connected many recollections of his visit toPompeii and Baiae with the enthusiasm excited by the intelligenceof the proclamation of a constitutional government at has given a tinge of picturesque and descriptive imageryto the introductory epodes which depicture these scenes, andso

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. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... Ode to Naples. EPODE I. a STOOD within the city disin-terred ; *And heard the autumnal leaveslike light footfallsOf spirits passing through the streets; andheardThe Mountains slumberous voice at inter-valsThrill through those roofless halls: The author has connected many recollections of his visit toPompeii and Baiae with the enthusiasm excited by the intelligenceof the proclamation of a constitutional government at has given a tinge of picturesque and descriptive imageryto the introductory epodes which depicture these scenes, andsome of the majestic feelings permanently connected with thescene of this animating event. ? Pompeii. 262 Ode to Naples The oracular thunder penetrating shook The listening soul in my suspended blood;I felt that Earth out of her deep heart spoke —I felt, but heard not: — through whitecolumns glowedThe isle-sustaining Ocean-flood,A plane of light between two Heavens ofazure:Around me gleamed many a bright sepulchreOf whose pure beauty, Time, as if his pleas

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