Poems, 1914-1919

<h3><SPAN name="SHELLEY" id="SHELLEY"></SPAN>SHELLEY</h3> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="smcap">Singer</span> of cloud and star and rushing stream,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Let me bring but one garland to thy shrine,<br/></span> <span class="i0">For when a boy I drank of the dews divine<br/></span> <span class="i0">That in thy rainbow-coloured chalice gleam.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I scaled the silver ladder of thy dream,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And dizzy with the wonder of that wine,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I heard the song, and saw the eyes that shine<br/></span> <span class="i0">Unveiled, within the sanctuary supreme.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Then, like Actæon I became the prey,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The hunted quarry of remorseless hounds;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Hark! in the distance I can hear them bay!<br/></span> <span class="i0">But in my heart the vision and the voice<br/></span> <span class="i0">Endure; and though they slay me, I rejoice&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">I saw that light, I heard those starry sounds.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_042" id="page_042"></SPAN>{42}</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />