...vision of the future shames the actualities of the present ; it exhibits an ideal goal of progress ' such as vision Builds from the purple crags and silver...battlemented cloud, as in derision Of kingliest masonry.' Both as a man and as a poet Shelley affords a fascinating •subject to the biographer. The life of...

...song, The Lady of Shalott. 33. The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground. 34. Athens arose, a city such as vision Builds from the...purple crags and silver towers Of battlemented cloud. 35. I, your glass, Will modestly discover to yourself That of yourself which you yet know not of. 36....

...Verse murmured, and Philosophy did strain Her lidless eyes for thee; when o'er the .^Egean main v. Athens arose: a city such as vision Builds from the purple crags and silver towers Of battlemeuted cloud, as in derision Of kingliest masonry : the ocean-floors Pave it; the evening sky...

...Verse murmured, and Philosophy did strain Her 1 id less eyes for thee ; when o'er the ./Egean main v Athens arose ; a city such as vision Builds from the purple crags and silver towers Of batdemented cloud, as in derision Of kingliest masonry : the ocean floors Pave it ; the evening sky...

...^immeléftoíit, ' city in the sky (clouds).' Of. Shelley, Oie to Liberty : — A city such as vision Builds in the purple crags and silver towers Of battlemented...ocean floors Pave it; the evening sky pavilions it. tice, so did she form her Court of Love, consisting of young, beaut'ful and lively women. It frequently...

...child, Verse murmured, and Philosophy did strain Her lidless eyes for thee; when o'er the ^gean main v. Athens arose: a city such as vision Builds from the...thunder-zoned winds, each head Within its cloudy wings with sun fire garlanded, A divine work! Athens diviner yet Gleamed with its crest of columns, on the will...

...history, than has Shelley or Swinburne or any neo-pagau hy instinct and by choice. To Shelley, Athens is a city such as vision Builds from the purple crags and silver towers Of battlemented clond. To Browning, it is the home of men and women, whose eager interests we may share, and whose...

...history, than has Shelley or Swinburne or any neo-pagau by instinct and by choice. To Shelley, Athens is a city such as vision Builds from the purple crags and silver towers Of battleuieuted cloud. To Browning, it is the home of men and women, whose eager interests we may share,...

...Verse murmured, and Philosophy did strain Her lidless eyes for thee ; when o'er the ^Egean main 60 / Athens arose : a city such as vision Builds from the...battlemented cloud, as in derision Of kingliest masonry : the ocean-floors Pave it ; the evening sky pavilions it ; 65 Its portals are inhabited By thunder-zoned...

...Verse murmured, and Philosophy did strain Her lidless eyes for thee ; when o'er the ^Egean main 60 Athens arose : a city such as vision Builds from the...battlemented cloud, as in derision Of kingliest masonry : the ocean-floors Pave it ; the evening sky pavilions it ; 65 Its portals are inhabited By thunder-zoned...