Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | From Stanzas Written in Dejection near Naples |
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) |
| | | .. I SEE 1 the Deep’s untrampled floor | |
| With green and purple seaweeds strown; | |
| I see the waves upon the shore, | |
| Like light dissolved in star-showers, thrown: | |
| I sit upon the sands alone,— | 5 |
| The lightning of the noontide ocean | |
| Is flashing round me, and a tone | |
| Arises from its measured motion … | |
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| Alas! I have nor hope nor health, | |
| Nor peace within nor calm around, | 10 |
| Nor that content surpassing wealth | |
| The sage in meditation found, | |
| And walked with inward glory crowned .. | |
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| Yet now despair itself is mild | |
| Ev’n as the winds and waters are; | 15 |
| I could lie down like a tired child, | |
| And weep away the life of care … | |
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