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" twere a little sky Gulphed in a world below ; A firmament of purple light, Which in the dark earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And purer than the day — In which the lovely forests grew As in the upper air, More perfect both in shape... "
Poetic Form and British Romanticism - Page 125
by Stuart Curran - 1990 - 288 pages
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 94

1824 - 798 pages
...the forest bough. And each seemed like a sky Gulplied in a world below : — A purple firmament of light. Which in the dark earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And clearer than the day — In which the massy forests grew, As in the upper air, More perfect both in...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

1843 - 590 pages
...pines, when the lake with its crystal surface broke upon my eye as some vision ; * A purple firmament of light, Which in the dark earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And clearer than the day." It is situated upon ^.plateau which is the lowest of a series of steps that...
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Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1824 - 440 pages
...Under the forest bough, And each seemed like a sky Gulphed in a world below;— A purple firmament of light, Which in the dark earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And clearer than the day— In which the massy forests grew, As in the upper air, More perfect both in...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 94

1824 - 818 pages
...earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And clearer than the day — In which the massy forests grew, As in the upper air, More perfect both in shape arid hue Than any waving there. Like one beloved, the scene had lent To the dark water's breast Its...
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Miscellaneous Poems

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1826 - 156 pages
...the forest bough, And each seemed like » sky Gulphed in a world below »•— A purple firmament of light, Which in the dark earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And clearer than the day— r In which the massy forests grew, As in the upper air, More perfect both in...
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The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in ..., Volume 1

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...violets be. A purple firmament of light. Now the last day of many days. All beautiful and bright as thou, Which in the dark earth lay, . More boundless than the depth of night. The loveliest and the last, h dead, And clearer than the day — Rise Memory, and write its praise,...
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The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 624 pages
...dark eanh lav, More boundless than the depth of nigh! And clearer than the dsy — In which the massy it CYCLOPS. Thievish one ! You want to drink; — here, place it in the midst. waving there. Like one beloved, the scene had toil To the dark water's breast Its every leaf and lineament....
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The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, with His Life, Volume 1

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1834 - 886 pages
...earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And clearer than the day — In which the massy forests grew, As in the upper air, More perfect both in shape and bue Than any waving there. Like one beloved, the scene had lent To the dark water's breast Its every...
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Beauties of the Country: Or, Descriptions of Rural Customs, Objects, Scenery ...

Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pages
...forest bough, And each seem'd to us like a sky Gulf d in a world below ; — A purple firmament of light, Which in the dark earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And clearer than the day — In which the massy forests grew, As in the upper air, More perfect, both in...
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The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1838 - 634 pages
...Under the forest bough, And each seem'd like a sky Gulfd in a world below ; — A purple firmament of light. Which in the dark earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And clearer than the day — In which the mossy forests grew, As in the upper air, More perfect both in...
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