...blue surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Msenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's...sepulchre, Vaulted with all thy congregated might Of vapors, from whose solid atmosphere Black rain, and fire, and hail will burst : oh, hear ! m Thou who...

...blue surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's...sepulchre, Vaulted with all thy congregated might Of vapors, from whose solid atmosphere Black rain, and fire, and hail will burst: oh, hear 1 m Thou who...

..."congregated." The two lines which follow may also be compared with the previous passage (1l. 42-48) — Vaulted with all thy congregated might Of vapours,...atmosphere Black rain, and fire and hail will burst. O, hear! Compare also — The triumphal arch through which I march With hurricane, fire, and snow....

...blue surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's...height The locks of the approaching storm. Thou dirge i This poem wag conceived and chiefly written in a wood that «kirts the Arno, near Florence, and on...

...blue surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Manad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's...Black rain, and fire, and hail, will burst : Oh hear! IIL Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lulled by the...

...blue surface of thine airy jaurge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Mrenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's...atmosphere Black rain, and fire, and hail, will burst : O hear ! SHELLEY, Ode to the West Wind. PEEFACE THE task which has been attempted in the following...

...surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad, ev'n from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's...atmosphere Black rain, and fire, and hail, will burst : O hear ! m. Thou who didst waken from his summer-dreams The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lulled...

...blue surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Mfenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's...dirge Of the dying year, to which this closing night \Vill be the dome of a vast sepulchre, Vaulted with all thy congregated might Of vapours, from whose...

...surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad, ev'n from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's...atmosphere Black rain, and fire, and hail, will burst: Oh, heart Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lulled by the...

...blue surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's height, The locks of the approaching storm I — Thou dirge Of the dying year, to which this closing night Will be the dome of a vast sepulcher,...