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To a Skylark, hail to thee, blithe spirit

Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley Year: 1820 Length: 454 characters Difficulty: medium Public domain

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Hail to thee, blithe spirit— Bird thou never wert— That from heaven or near it Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest, Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou dost float and run, Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun.

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Shelley wrote this poem in the summer of 1820 near Livorno in Italy, after an evening walk with his wife Mary. It was printed that year with his verse drama Prometheus Unbound. The bird is never described, only heard, which is why the poem keeps reaching for comparisons. Wikisource carries the anthology text.

About this text

Shelley wrote this poem in the summer of 1820 near Livorno in Italy, after an evening walk with his wife Mary. It was printed that year with his verse drama Prometheus Unbound. The bird is never described, only heard, which is why the poem keeps reaching for comparisons. Wikisource carries the anthology text.

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