Poetry & Verse
Lines Written on Hearing the News of the Death of Napoleon
By Percy Bysshe ShelleySource: Percy Bysshe Shelley - PoetryDB (Public Domain)249 words
What! alive and so bold, O Earth? Art thou not overbold? What! leapest thou forth as of old In the light of thy morning mirth,...
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What! alive and so bold, O Earth? Art thou not overbold? What! leapest thou forth as of old In the light of thy morning mirth, The last of the flock of the starry fold? Ha! leapest thou forth as of old? Are not the limbs still when the ghost is fled, And canst thou move, Napoleon being dead? How! is not thy quick heart cold?…
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