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" Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life — 'Tis we, who, lost in stormy visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife, And in mad trance strike with our spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings. "
The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal ... - Page 103
1840
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Poetical Works, Volumes 2-4

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 770 pages
...unquenchably the same, Whilst thy cold embers choke the sordid hearth of shame. XXXIX. Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep— He hath awakened...fear and grief Convulse us and consume us day by day, Ajid cold hopes swarm like worms within our living cl;iy. XL. He has outsoared the shadow of our night;...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume 3

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 474 pages
...unquenchably the same, Whilst thy cold embers choke the sordid hearth of shame. XXXIX. Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep ! He hath awakened...our spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings. We decay XI.. He has outsoared the shadow of our night. Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest...
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Harper's Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...unquenchably the same, While thy cold embers choke the sordid hearth of shame. XXXIX. Peace ! peace ! ho is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened...unprofitable strife, And in mad trance strike with onr spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings — tee decay Like corpses in a charnel ; fear and grief Convulse...
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The Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and ..., Volume 3

Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 424 pages
...that gifted boy are as beautiful as if they had sprung from pure love and sorrow :— " Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep— He hath awakened...trance, strike with our spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings.—We decay Like corpses in a charnel; fear and grief Convulse us and consume us day by day,...
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The Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and ..., Volume 3

Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 426 pages
...gifted boy are as beautiful as if they had sprung from pure love and sorrow : — " Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened...strife, And in mad trance, strike with our spirit's kuife Invulnerable nothings. — We decay Like corpses in a charnel ; fear and grief Convulse us and...
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Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...embers choke the sordid hearth of shame. XXXIX. Peace ! peace ! ho is not dead, ho doth not sleep — Ho Aud in mad trance strike with our spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings — we decay Like corpses in...
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The Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and ..., Volume 3

Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 364 pages
...beautiful as if they had sprung from pure love and sorrow : — " Peace, peace ! lie is not dead, he cloth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life — "Tis we, who lost IB stormy visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife, And in mad trance, strike with our spirit's...
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An Introduction to the Study of Poetry

Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1882 - 410 pages
...loftiness of their meaning, entitle Shelley to a place at least beside the greatest poets. " Peace, peace, he is not dead, he doth not sleep : He hath awakened from this dream of life — ***** He has outsoared the shadow of our night : Envy and calumny and hate and...
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With the Poets: A Selection of English Poetry

Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 pages
...and ensanguined brow, Which was like Cain's or Christ's — oh that it should be so ! Peace, Veace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep ! He hath awakened...strife, And in mad trance strike with our spirit's knifo Invulnerable nothings. We decay Like corpses in a charnel ; fear and grief Convulse us and consume...
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Heroes of Literature: English Poets. A Book for Young Readers

John Dennis - 1883 - 430 pages
...the greatest English poet, whose genius has been confined within so narrow a limit. " Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep ! He hath awakened...visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife." These lines of farewell to Keats were written by his brother-poet, Shelley. Both ... , . . , . . Percy...
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