"OH, THAT A CHARIOT OF CLOUD WERE MINE!" OH, that a chariot of cloud were mine! Of cloud which the wild tempest weaves in air, When the moon over the ocean's line Is spreading the locks of her bright gray hair. Oh, that a chariot of cloud were mine! I would sail on the waves of the billowy wind To the mountain peak and the rocky lake, And the "THE FIERCE BEASTS THE fierce beasts of the woods and wildernesses Track not the steps of him who drinks of it; For the light breezes, which forever fleet Around its margin, heap the sand thereon. HE WANDERS He wanders, like a day-appearing dream, Oh, that a Chariot of Cloud were Mine!" || Fragment of a Sony. Forman. A Cloud Chariot, Dowden. Published by Garnett, 1862, dated 1817. "The Fierce Beasts' || The Stream's Margin, Dowden. Published by Rossetti, 1870, dated 1818. “He wanders" || Wandering, Forman; A Wanderer, Dowden. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 18391, dated 1821. THE DESERTS OF SLEEP I WENT into the deserts of dim sleep - That world which, like an unknown wilderness, Bounds this with its recesses wide and deep. A DREAM METHOUGHT I was a billow in the crowd Of common men, that stream without a shore, That ocean which at once is deaf and loud; That I, a man, stood amid many more By a wayside which the aspect bore Of some imperial metropolis, Where mighty shapes - pyramid, dome, and tower Gleamed like a pile of crags. THE HEART'S TOMB AND where is truth? On tombs? for such to thee The Deserts of Sleep, Forman. Published by Rossetti, 1870, dated 1820. A Dream, Forman. Published by Rossetti, 1870, dated 1821. The Heart's Tomb || Dead but not forgotten, Forman; The Tomb of Memory, Dowden. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 18391, dated 1819. 1 on in, Rossetti conj. HOPE, FEAR, AND DOUBT SUCH hope, as is the sick despair of good, Such doubt, as is pale Expectation's food Is powerless, and the spirit "ALAS! THIS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT LIFE WAS." ALAS! this is not what I thought life was. Untouched by suffering, through the rugged glen. The hearts of others And when I went among my kind, with triple brass . CROWNED AND that I walk thus proudly crowned withal Is that 'tis my distinction; if I fall, Hope, Fear, and Doubt, Forman. Published by Garnett, 1862, dated 1820. "Alas! this is not what I thought Life was joined with preceding fragment by Forman. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 18391, dated 1820. Crowned Couplets, Forman. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 18391, dated 1821. I shall not weep out of the vital day, "GREAT SPIRIT GREAT Spirit whom the sea of boundless thought In which thou sittest sole, as in my mind, 66 "O THOU IMMORTAL DEITY" O THOU immortal deity Whose throne is in the depth of human thought, By all that man may be, by all that he is not, "YE GENTLE VISITATIONS YE gentle visitations of calm thought, Moods like the memories of happier earth, Which come arrayed in thoughts of little worth, Like stars in clouds by the weak winds enwrought, But that the clouds depart and stars remain, 3 weep || creep, Rossetti, conj. 66 Great Spirit" || Invocation, Forman. Published by Rossetti. 1870, dated 1821. 66 O Thou Immortal Deity" || Invocation, Forman. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 18392, dated 1821. "Ye Gentle Visitations" || Calm Thoughts, Forman; Visitation of Calm Thought, Dowden. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 1839', dated 1819. "MY THOUGHTS" My thoughts arise and fade in solitude, My Thoughts Thoughts, Forman; Thoughts in Solitude, Dowden. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 18391, dated 1817. |