XIII By thy most killing sneer, and by thy smile men XIV By all the hate which checks a father's love - spair XV Yes, the despair which bids a father groan, XVI I curse thee, though I hate thee not. O slave! If thou couldst quench the earth-consuming Hell Of which thou art a demon, on thy grave This curse should be a blessing. Fare thee well! xiii. 2 arts and snares, Mrs. Shelley, transcripts (Forman, Frederickson2) || snares and arts, Harvard MS.; snares and nets, Mrs. Shelley, transcripts (Forman, Frederickson1); acts and snares, Mrs. Shelley, 18392. xiv. 2 scorn || hate, Mrs. Shelley, transcript (Frederickson2). xv. 2 cry say, transcript, (Forman, one). 3 those their, transcripts, (Forman, one, Frederickson1). 4 souls are soul is, Harvard MS., Mrs. Shelley, transcript (Forman). TO WILLIAM SHELLEY I THE billows on the beach are leaping around it, The bark is weak and frail, The sea looks black, and the clouds that bound it Darkly strew the gale. Come with me, thou delightful child, II They have taken thy brother and sister dear, They have withered the smile and dried the tear Which should have been sacred to me. To a blighting faith and a cause of crime To William Shelley. Published without title by Mrs. Shelley, i., v., vi., 18391, i.-vi., 18392. i. 1 on the beach, Mrs. Shelley, transcript, 18392 || omit 18391. 5 thou, Mrs. Shelley, 18391,2 || omit, Mrs Shelley, transcript. 8 the, Mrs. Shelley, transcript, 18391 || omit, Mrs. Shelley, 18392. ii. 6 prime, Mrs. Shelley, transcript || time, Mrs. Shelley, 18392. 8 are fearless, Mrs. Shelley, transcript || fearless are, Mrs. Shelley, 18392. III Come thou, beloved as thou art; Near thy sweet mother's anxious heart, IV Fear not the tyrants will rule forever, Whose waves they have tainted with death. see, Like wrecks on the surge of eternity. V Rest, rest, and shriek not, thou gentle child! iii. 4 shalt, Mrs. Shelley, transcript | wilt, Mrs. Shelley, 18392. iv. Compare Rosalind and Helen, 894–901; omit, Mrs. Shelley, transcript. v. 1 and, Mrs. Shelley, transcript || omit, Mrs. Shelley, 18391,2. With all its dark and hungry graves, Less cruel than the savage slaves Who hunt us o'er these sheltering waves. VI This hour will in thy memory Be a dream of days forgotten long; Or Greece, the Mother of the free; And I will teach thine infant tongue In their own language, and will mould Of Grecian lore, that by such name ON FANNY GODWIN HER voice did quiver as we parted, This world is all too wide for thee. v. 9 us, Mrs. Shelley, transcript, 18391 || thee, Mrs. Shelley, 18392. vi. 1 will, Mrs. Shelley, transcript, 18392 || sometime in, Mrs. Shelley, 18391. vi. 2 long, Mrs. Shelley, transcript || omit, Mrs. Shelley, 18391,2. 7 those, Mrs. Shelley, transcript, 18391 || their, Mrs. Shelley, 18392. On Fanny Godwin. Published with title, On F. G., by Mrs. Shelley, 18391. LINES I THAT time is dead forever, child, And stare aghast At the spectres wailing, pale and ghast, II The stream we gazed on then, rolled by ; But we yet stand In a lone land, Like tombs to mark the memory Of hopes and fears, which fade and flee DEATH THEY die—the dead return not. Misery They are the names of kindred, friend and lover, Which he so feebly calls; they all are gone Fond wretch, all dead! those vacant names alone, Lines. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 1824. Composed November 5. ii. 6 flee Death. fly, Rossetti. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 1824. |