The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 2 by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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From the hearth's obscurest nook,
Muttering mysteries as she went. Helen and Henry knew that Granny Was as much afraid of Ghosts as any, _5 And so they followed hard-- But Helen clung to her brother's arm, And her own spasm made her shake. *** NOTE ON POEMS OF 1816, BY MRS. SHELLEY. Shelley wrote little during this year. The poem entitled "The Sunset" was written in the spring of the year, while still residing at Bishopsgate. He spent the summer on the shores of the Lake of Geneva. The "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty" was conceived during his voyage round the lake with Lord Byron. He occupied himself during this voyage by reading the "Nouvelle Heloise" for the first time. The reading it on the very spot where the scenes are laid added to the interest; and he was at once surprised and charmed by the passionate eloquence and earnest enthralling interest that pervade this work. There was something in the character of Saint-Preux, in his abnegation of self, and in the worship he paid to Love, that coincided with Shelley's own disposition; and, though differing in many of the views and shocked by others, yet the effect of the whole was fascinating and delightful. "Mont Blanc" was inspired by a view of that mountain and its surrounding peaks and valleys, as he lingered on the Bridge of Arve on his way through the Valley of Chamouni. Shelley makes the following |
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