Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE SAME (PERCY SHELLEY, ON THE DEGRADING NOTIONS OF DEITY), by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yet, percy, not for this, should he whose eye Last Line: Be still with thine own task in unison. Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh Subject(s): Freedom; God; Poetry & Poets; Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822); Liberty | ||||||||
Yet, Percy, not for this, should he whose eye Sees loveliness, and the unselfish joy Of justice, turn him, like a peevish boy, At hindrances and thwartings; and deny Wisdom's divinest privilege, constancy; That which most proves him free from the alloy Of useless earth, -- least prone to the decoy That clamors down weak pinions from the sky. The Spirit of Beauty, though by solemn quires Hourly blasphemed, stoops not from its calm end, And forward breathing love, but ever on Rolls the round day, and calls the starry fires To their glad watch. Therefore, high-hearted friend, Be still with thine own task in unison. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER ABOU BEN ADHEM by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT |
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