Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). From Epipsychidion. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

From Epipsychidion

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)


.. AND, 1 day and night, aloof, from the high towers
And terraces, the Earth and Ocean seem
To sleep in one another’s arms, and dream
Of waves, flowers, clouds, woods, rocks, and all that we
Read in their smiles, and call reality …	5

Note 1. Shelley. Epipsychidion, l. 508. [back]