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The Complete Poetical Works of Shelley including materials never before printed in any edition of the poems

Edited with textual notes by Thomas Hutchinson
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)

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THE DAEMON OF THE WORLD
 I. 
PART I
 II. 
PART II
  
ALASTOR OR THE SPIRIT OF SOLITUDE
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THE REVOLT OF ISLAM
  
DEDICATION TO MARY --- ---
 I. 
CANTO I
 II. 
CANTO II
 III. 
CANTO III
 IV. 
CANTO IV
  
CANTO V
 VI. 
CANTO VI
 VII. 
CANTO VII
 VIII. 
CANTO VIII
 IX. 
CANTO IX
 X. 
CANTO X
 XI. 
CANTO XI
 XII. 
CANTO XII
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PRINCE ATHANASE
 I. 
PART I
 II. 
PART II
  
ROSALIND AND HELEN
  
JULIAN AND MADDALO
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PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
 I. 
ACT I
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ACT II
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
 III. 
Scene III.
 IV. 
Scene IV.
 V. 
Scene V.
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ACT III
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
 III. 
Scene III.
 IV. 
Scene IV.
 IV. 
ACT IV
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THE CENCI
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ACT I
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
 III. 
Scene III.
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ACT II
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
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ACT III
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
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ACT IV
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
 III. 
Scene III.
 IV. 
Scene IV.
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ACT V
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
 III. 
Scene III.
 IV. 
Scene IV.
  
THE MASK OF ANARCHY
  
PETER BELL THE THIRD
  
LETTER TO MARIA GISBORNE
  
THE WITCH OF ATLAS
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OEDIPUS TYRANNUS OR SWELLFOOT THE TYRANT
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ACT I
 I. 
Scene I.
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ACT II
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
  
EPIPSYCHIDION
  
PASSAGES OF THE POEM, OR CONNECTED THEREWITH
  
ADONAIS
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HELLAS
  
[epigraph]
  
[dedication]
  
PROLOGUE TO HELLAS
  
HELLAS
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FRAGMENTS OF AN UNFINISHED DRAMA
  
Scene.—Before the Cavern of the Indian Enchantress.
  
ANOTHER SCENE
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CHARLES THE FIRST
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
 III. 
Scene III.
 IV. 
Scene IV.
 V. 
SCENE V
  
THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE
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EARLY POEMS
  
STANZA, WRITTEN AT BRACKNELL
  
STANZAS.—April, 1814
  
TO HARRIET
  
TO MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN
  
TO ------
  
MUTABILITY
  
ON DEATH
  
A SUMMER EVENING CHURCHYARD
  
TO ------
  
TO WORDSWORTH
  
FEELINGS OF A REPUBLICAN ON THE FALL OF BONAPARTE
  
LINES
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POEMS WRITTEN IN 1816
  
THE SUNSET
  
HYMN TO INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY
  
MONT BLANC
  
FRAGMENT: HOME
  
FRAGMENT OF A GHOST STORY
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POEMS WRITTEN IN 1817
  
MARIANNE'S DREAM
  
TO CONSTANTIA, SINGING
  
TO CONSTANTIA
  
FRAGMENT: TO ONE SINGING
  
A FRAGMENT: TO MUSIC
  
ANOTHER FRAGMENT TO MUSIC
  
‘MIGHTY EAGLE’
  
TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR
  
TO WILLIAM SHELLEY
  
FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE POEM TO WILLIAM SHELLEY
  
ON FANNY GODWIN
  
LINES
  
DEATH
  
OTHO
  
FRAGMENTS SUPPOSED TO BE PARTS OF OTHO
  
‘O THAT A CHARIOT OF CLOUD WERE MINE’
  
FRAGMENT: TO A FRIEND RELEASED FROM PRISON
  
FRAGMENT: SATAN BROKEN LOOSE
  
FRAGMENT: IGNICULUS DESIDERII
  
FRAGMENT: AMOR AETERNUS
  
FRAGMENT: THOUGHTS COME AND GO IN SOLITUDE
  
A HATE-SONG
  
LINES TO A CRITIC
  
OZYMANDIAS
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POEMS WRITTEN IN 1818
  
TO THE NILE
  
PASSAGE OF THE APENNINES
  
THE PAST
  
TO MARY ------
  
ON A FADED VIOLET
  
LINES WRITTEN AMONG THE EUGANEAN HILLS
  
SCENE FROM ‘TASSO’
  
SONG FOR ‘TASSO’
  
INVOCATION TO MISERY
  
STANZAS
  
THE WOODMAN AND THE NIGHTINGALE
  
MARENGHI
  
SONNET
  
FRAGMENT: TO BYRON
  
FRAGMENT: APOSTROPHE TO SILENCE
  
FRAGMENT: THE LAKE'S MARGIN
  
FRAGMENT: ‘MY HEAD IS WILD WITH WEEPING’
  
FRAGMENT: THE VINE-SHROUD
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POEMS WRITTEN IN 1819
  
LINES WRITTEN DURING THE CASTLEREAGH ADMINISTRATION
  
SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND
  
SIMILES FOR TWO POLITICAL CHARACTERS OF 1819
  
FRAGMENT: TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND
  
FRAGMENT: ‘WHAT MEN GAIN FAIRLY’
  
A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM
  
SONNET: ENGLAND IN 1819
  
AN ODE
  
ODE TO HEAVEN
  
ODE TO THE WEST WIND
  
AN EXHORTATION
  
THE INDIAN SERENADE
  
TO SOPHIA [MISS STACEY]
  
TO WILLIAM SHELLEY
  
TO WILLIAM SHELLEY
  
TO MARY SHELLEY
  
TO MARY SHELLEY
  
ON THE MEDUSA OF LEONARDO DA VINCI IN THE FLORENTINE GALLERY
  
LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY
  
FRAGMENT: ‘FOLLOW TO THE DEEP WOOD'S WEEDS’
  
THE BIRTH OF PLEASURE
  
FRAGMENT: LOVE THE UNIVERSE TO-DAY
  
FRAGMENT: ‘A GENTLE STORY OF TWO LOVERS YOUNG’
  
FRAGMENT: LOVE'S TENDER ATMOSPHERE
  
FRAGMENT: WEDDED SOULS
  
FRAGMENT: ‘IS IT THAT IN SOME BRIGHTER SPHERE’
  
FRAGMENT: SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY
  
FRAGMENT: ‘YE GENTLE VISITATIONS OF CALM THOUGHT’
  
FRAGMENT: MUSIC AND SWEET POETRY
  
FRAGMENT: THE SEPULCHRE OF MEMORY
  
FRAGMENT: ‘WHEN A LOVER CLASPS HIS FAIREST’
  
FRAGMENT: ‘WAKE THE SERPENT NOT’
  
FRAGMENT: RAIN
  
FRAGMENT: A TALE UNTOLD
  
FRAGMENT: TO ITALY
  
FRAGMENT: WINE OF THE FAIRIES
  
FRAGMENT: A ROMAN'S CHAMBER
  
FRAGMENT: ROME AND NATURE
  
VARIATION OF THE SONG OF THE MOON
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POEMS WRITTEN IN 1820
  
THE SENSITIVE PLANT
  
A VISION OF THE SEA
  
THE CLOUD
  
TO A SKYLARK
  
ODE TO LIBERTY
  
TO ------
  
ARETHUSA
  
SONG OF PROSERPINE
  
HYMN OF APOLLO
  
HYMN OF PAN
  
THE QUESTION
  
THE TWO SPIRITS: AN ALLEGORY
  
ODE TO NAPLES
  
AUTUMN: A DIRGE
  
THE WANING MOON
  
TO THE MOON
  
DEATH
  
LIBERTY
  
SUMMER AND WINTER
  
THE TOWER OF FAMINE
  
AN ALLEGORY
  
THE WORLD'S WANDERERS
  
SONNET
  
LINES TO A REVIEWER
  
FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE ON SATIRE
  
GOOD-NIGHT
  
ORPHEUS
  
FIORDISPINA
  
TIME LONG PAST
  
FRAGMENT: THE DESERTS OF DIM SLEEP
  
FRAGMENT: ‘THE VIEWLESS AND INVISIBLE CONSEQUENCE’
  
FRAGMENT: A SERPENT-FACE
  
FRAGMENT: DEATH IN LIFE
  
FRAGMENT: ‘SUCH HOPE, AS IS THE SICK DESPAIR OF GOOD’
  
FRAGMENT: ‘ALAS! THIS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT LIFE WAS’
  
FRAGMENT: MILTON'S SPIRIT
  
FRAGMENT: ‘UNRISEN SPLENDOUR OF THE BRIGHTEST SUN’
  
FRAGMENT: PATER OMNIPOTENS
  
FRAGMENT: TO THE MIND OF MAN
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POEMS WRITTEN IN 1821
  
DIRGE FOR THE YEAR
  
TO NIGHT
  
TIME
  
LINES
  
FROM THE ARABIC: AN IMITAION
  
TO EMILIA VIVIANI
  
THE FUGITIVES
  
TO ------
  
SONG
  
MUTABILITY
  
LINES WRITTEN ON HEARING THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON
  
SONNET: POLITICAL GREATNESS
  
THE AZIOLA
  
A LAMENT
  
REMEMBRANCE
  
TO EDWARD WILLIAMS
  
TO ------
  
TO ------
  
A BRIDAL SONG
  
EPITHALAMIUM
  
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME
  
LOVE, HOPE, DESIRE, AND FEAR
  
FRAGMENTS WRITTEN FOR HELLAS
  
FRAGMENT: ‘I WOULD NOT BE A KING’
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GINEVRA
  
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THE DIRGE.
  
EVENING: PONTE AL MARE, PISA
  
THE BOAT ON THE SERCHIO
  
MUSIC
  
SONNET TO BYRON
  
FRAGMENT ON KEATS
  
FRAGMENT: ‘METHOUGHT I WAS A BILLOW IN THE CROWD’
  
TO-MORROW
  
STANZA
  
FRAGMENT: A WANDERER
  
FRAGMENT: LIFE ROUNDED WITH SLEEP
  
FRAGMENT: ‘I FAINT, I PERISH WITH MY LOVE!’
  
FRAGMENT: THE LADY OF THE SOUTH
  
FRAGMENT: ZEPHYRUS THE AWAKENER
  
FRAGMENT: RAIN
  
FRAGMENT: ‘WHEN SOFT WINDS AND SUNNY SKIES’
  
FRAGMENT: ‘AND THAT I WALK THUS PROUDLY CROWNED’
  
FRAGMENT: ‘THE RUDE WIND IS SINGING’
  
FRAGMENT: ‘GREAT SPIRIT’
  
FRAGMENT: ‘O THOU IMMORTAL DEITY’
  
FRAGMENT: THE FALSE LAUREL AND THE TRUE
  
FRAGMENT: MAY THE LIMNER
  
FRAGMENT: BEAUTY'S HALO
  
FRAGMENT: ‘THE DEATH KNELL IS RINGING’
  
FRAGMENT: ‘I STOOD UPON A HEAVEN-CLEAVING TURRET’
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POEMS WRITTEN IN 1822
  
THE ZUCCA
  
THE MAGNETIC LADY TO HER PATIENT
  
LINES: ‘WHEN THE LAMP IS SHATTERED’
  
TO JANE: THE INVITATION
  
TO JANE: THE RECOLLECTION
  
THE PINE FOREST OF THE CASCINE NEAR PISA
  
WITH A GUITAR, TO JANE
  
TO JANE: ‘THE KEEN STARS WERE TWINKLING’
  
A DIRGE
  
LINES WRITTEN IN THE BAY OF LERICI
  
LINES: ‘WE MEET NOT AS WE PARTED’
  
THE ISLE
  
FRAGMENT: TO THE MOON
  
EPITAPH
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TRANSLATIONS
  
HYMN TO MERCURY
  
HOMER'S HYMN TO CASTOR AND POLLUX
  
HOMER'S HYMN TO THE MOON
  
HOMER'S HYMN TO THE SUN
  
HOMER'S HYMN TO THE EARTH: MOTHER OF ALL
  
HOMER'S HYMN TO MINERVA
  
HOMER'S HYMN TO VENUS
  
THE CYCLOPS
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EPIGRAMS
 I. 
I.—TO STELLA
 II. 
II.—KISSING HELENA
 III. 
III.—SPIRIT OF PLATO
 IV. 
IV.—CIRCUMSTANCE
  
FRAGMENT OF THE ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF ADONIS
  
FRAGMENT OF THE ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF BION
  
FROM THE GREEK OF MOSCHUS
  
PAN, ECHO, AND THE SATYR
  
FROM VERGIL'S TENTH ECLOGUE
  
FROM VERGIL'S FOURTH GEORGIC
  
SONNET
  
THE FIRST CANZONE OF THE CONVITO
  
MATILDA GATHERING FLOWERS
  
FRAGMENT
  
UGOLINO
  
SONNET
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SCENES FROM THE MAGICO PRODIGIOSO
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II
 III. 
Scene III.
  
STANZAS FROM CALDERON'S CISMA DE INGLATERRA
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SCENES FROM THE FAUST OF GOETHE
 I. 
Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
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JUVENILIA
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QUEEN MAB
  
TO HARRIET ---
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV
 V. 
V
 VI. 
VI
 VII. 
VII
 VIII. 
VIII
 IX. 
IX
  
VERSES ON A CAT
  
FRAGMENT: OMENS
  
A DIALOGUE
  
TO THE MOONBEAM
  
THE SOLITARY
  
TO DEATH
  
LOVE'S ROSE
  
EYES: A FRAGMENT
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ORIGINAL POETRY BY VICTOR AND CAZIRE
 I. 
I
 II. 
II To Miss ------ [Harriet Grove] From Miss ------ [Elizabeth Shelley]
 III. 
III. SONG
 IV. 
IV. SONG
 V. 
V. SONG DESPAIR
 VI. 
VI. SONG SORROW
 VII. 
VII. SONG HOPE
 VIII. 
VIII. SONG Translated from the Italian
 IX. 
IX. SONG Translated from the German
 X. 
X THE IRISHMAN'S SONG
 XI. 
XI. SONG
 XII. 
XII. SONG To --- [Harriet]
 XIII. 
XIII. SONG To --- [Harriet]
 XIV. 
XIV SAINT EDMOND'S EVE
 XV. 
XV. REVENGE
 XVI. 
XVI. GHASTA
 XVII. 
XVII. FRAGMENT, OR THE TRIUMPH OF CONSCIENCE
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POEMS FROM ST. IRVYNE, OR, THE ROSICRUCIAN
 I. 
I.—Victoria
 II. 
II.—‘On the Dark Height of Jura’
 III. 
III.—Sister Rosa: A Ballad
 IV. 
IV.—St. Irvyne's Tower
 V. 
V.—Bereavement
 VI. 
VI.—The Drowned Lover
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POSTHUMOUS FRAGMENTS OF MARGARET NICHOLSON
  
WAR
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FRAGMENT
  
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Symphony.
  
DESPAIR
  
FRAGMENT
  
THE SPECTRAL HORSEMAN
  
MELODY TO A SCENE OF FORMER TIMES
  
STANZA FROM A TRANSLATION OF THE MARSEILLAISE HYMN
  
BIGOTRY'S VICTIM
  
ON AN ICICLE THAT CLUNG TO THE GRASS OF A GRAVE
  
LOVE
  
ON A FÊTE AT CARLTON HOUSE: FRAGMENT
  
TO A STAR
  
TO MARY WHO DIED IN THIS OPINION
  
A TALE OF SOCIETY AS IT IS: FROM FACTS, 1811
  
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF NORTH AMERICA
  
TO IRELAND
  
ON ROBERT EMMET'S GRAVE
  
THE RETROSPECT: CWM ELAN, 1812
  
FRAGMENT OF A SONNET
  
TO HARRIET
  
SONNET
  
SONNET
  
THE DEVIL'S WALK
  
FRAGMENT OF A SONNET
  
ON LEAVING LONDON FOR WALES
  
THE WANDERING JEW'S SOLILOQUY
  
EVENING
  
TO IANTHE
  
SONG FROM THE WANDERING JEW
  
FRAGMENT FROM THE WANDERING JEW
  
TO THE QUEEN OF MY HEART

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SONNET

[Lift not the painted veil which those who live]

Lift not the painted veil which those who live
Call Life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it but mimic all we would believe
With colours idly spread,—behind, lurk Fear
And Hope, twin Destinies; who ever weave
Their shadows, o'er the chasm, sightless and drear.
I knew one who had lifted it—he sought,
For his lost heart was tender, things to love,
But found them not, alas! nor was there aught
The world contains, the which he could approve.
Through the unheeding many he did move,
A splendour among shadows, a bright blot
Upon this gloomy scene, a Spirit that strove
For truth, and like the Preacher found it not.
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