Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VICTORIA, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twas dead of the night, when I sat in my dwelling Last Line: I wildly then called on the tempest to bear me -- | ||||||||
I 'T WAS dead of the night, when I sat in my dwelling; One glimmering lamp was expiring and low; Around, the dark tide of the tempest was swelling, Along the wild mountains night-ravens were yelling, -- They bodingly presaged destruction and woe. II 'T was then that I started! -- the wild storm was howling, Nought was seen save the lightning which danced in the sky; Above me the crash of the thunder was rolling, And low, chilling murmurs the blast wafted by. III My heart sank within me -- unheeded the war Of the battling clouds on the mountaintops broke; Unheeded the thunder-peal crashed in mine ear -- This heart, hard as iron, is stranger to fear; But conscience in low, noiseless whispering spoke. IV 'T was then that, her form on the whirlwind upholding, The ghost of the murdered Victoria strode; In her right hand a shadowy shroud she was holding; She swiftly advanced to my lonesome abode. V I wildly then called on the tempest to bear me -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ADONAIS; AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ALASTOR; OR, THE SPIRIT OF SOLITUDE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY AUTUMN: A DIRGE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ENGLAND IN 1819 by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY EPIPSYCHIDION by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY FEELINGS OF A REPUBLICAN ON THE FALL OF BONAPARTE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY HYMN OF PAN by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY HYMN TO INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY LINES WRITTEN ON HEARING THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY MONT BLANC; LINES WRITTEN IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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