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, 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. "Great Spirit" || Invocation, Forman. Published by Rossetti, 1870, dated 1821. "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, 18391, 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. The Translations were published partly by Shelley, with other poems, partly by Mrs. Shelley, and partly by Medwin, Garnett, Rossetti and Forman from MSS. The date of the original issue of each is given in the footnotes. They were written from 1818 to 1822. Two pieces, hypothetically ascribed to Shelley by Forman, The Dinner Party Anticipated, a paraphrase of Horace III. xix., and The Magic Horn from Bronzino, are excluded from the text, there being no substantial evidence that Shelley wrote them. HYMN TO MERCURY FROM THE GREEK OF HOMER I SING, Muse, the son of Maia and of Jove, And all its pastoral hills, whom, in sweet love In the deep night, unseen by Gods or Men, II Now, when the joy of Jove had its fulfilling, A shepherd of thin dreams, a cow-stealing, A night-watching, and door-waylaying thief, Who 'mongst the Gods was soon about to thieve, And other glorious actions to achieve. III The babe was born at the first peep of day; Hymn to Mercury. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 1824. |