...burning plumes outspread, Leaps on the back of my sailing rack, When the morning star shines dead . . .2 That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals...o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn.'3 Read again those verses on the garden, in which the sensitive plant dreams. Alas ! they are...

...love, And the crimson pall of eve may fall From the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest, on mine airy nest. As still as a brooding dove. That...tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer; PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen...

...the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest on my airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. IV. That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals...broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind1 her and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, . When I...

...dwelling amid natural effects, and noting the wondrous cloud-land as revealed by the half-hidden rays of " That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon ;" which he had so skilfully and truthfully depicted on his canvas. It was the general verdict that...

...depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. I K E O That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the Moon, " AND THE MOONBEAMS KISS THE SEA." — SHELLEY. THE CLOUD. 20 J Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like...

...And the crimson pall of eve may fall From the depth of heaven above, — With wings folded I rest, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. That...feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof6 of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and...

...the imagery is partly fantastic, partly imaginative, as may be seen in the following extract : — That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals...broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep fcehind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, "When I...

...love, And the crimson pall of eve may fall From the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. That...moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, ^y the midnight breezes strewn ; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear,...

...depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest on my airy nest As still as a brooding dove. That orbdd maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the...glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight bree1es strewn ; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken...

...detail. Nugent, it has been said, was there early, pacing the sands demoniacally, utterly regardless of " That orbed maiden with white fire laden Whom mortals call the Moon." His watch was fast and his temper hot. To him presently arrives AchilleGilet, penitent aeronaut. "Where...