...ODE TO NAPLES. EPODE I. a. I STOOD within the city disinterred; And heard the autumnal leaves lika light footfalls Of spirits passing through the streets...penetrating shook The listening soul in my suspended blood ; 1 felt that Earth out of her deep heart spoke — I felt, but heard not. Through white columns glowed...

...Poena, the first edition of 1S39. ODE TO NAPLES. l EPODE» I. o. I STOOD within the city disinterred ; 3 And heard the autumnal leaves like light footfalls...voice at intervals Thrill through those roofless halls ; s The oracular thunder penetrating shook The listening soul in my suspended blood ; I felt that Earth...

...chorus of the tornado squalls, a dull, muffled sound of terrible import struck upon our ears — " The oracular thunder penetrating shook The listening soul in my suspended blood." The sound of such a funeral knell, again and again repeated at intervals, was harrowing ; and either...

...immediately, leaving no mark ; but the death of the victim is almost instantaneous. 89. POMPEII. " I stood within the city disinterred, And heard the...footfalls Of spirits passing through the streets." SHELLEY. The beautiful town of Pompeii was in its full glory at the commencement of the Christian era,...

...wound immediately, leaving no mark; but the death of the victim is almost instantaneous. 89. POMPEIL " I stood within the city disinterred, And heard the...footfalls Of spirits passing through the streets." SHELLEY. The beautiful town of Pompeii was in its full glory at the commencement of the Christian era,...

...the close of August, 1820: — " I stood within the city disinterred ; And heard the autumnal loaves, like light footfalls Of spirits passing through the streets; and heard The mountain's slumherous voice at intervals Thrill through those roofless halls." " La Montagua," the mountain, is...

...ruins of the buried city, he refers thereto : — " I stood within the city disinterred ; And beard the autumnal leaves, like light footfalls Of spirits,...slumberous voice at intervals Thrill through those leafless halls." IO Shelley's health now began to improve, and naturally his despondency decreased,...

...this day at Pompeii appear in the "Ode to Naples," written towards the close of August, 1820:— " I stood within the city disinterred ; And heard the autumnal leaves, like liijht footfalls Of spirits passing through the streets; and heard The mountain's slumberous voice...

...men think of it, 'twere not amiss. Far better than to make innocent ink ODE TO NAPLES. 1 EPODE L a. I STOOD within the city disinterred;* And heard the autumnal leaves like light footfalls • The Author has connected many recollections of his visit to Pompeii »nd Baiffi with the enthusiasm...

...sad parting to renew ; — "To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new." ODE TO NAPLES. EPODE I. o. I STOOD within the city disinterred, And heard the...voice at intervals Thrill through those roofless halls ; 5 The oracular thunder penetrating shook The listening soul in my suspended blood ; I felt that Earth...