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MIGHTY EAGLE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: MIGHTY EAGLE! THOU THAT SOAREST
Last Line: THE EMBATTLED TEMPESTS' WARNING!
Subject(s): BIRDS; EAGLES;

MIGHTY eagle! thou that soarest
O'er the misty mountain forest,
And amid the light of morning
Like a cloud of glory hiest,
And when night descends defiest
The embattled tempests' warning!



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