...A wave to pant beneath thy power and share The impulse of thy strength, only less free Than thou, 0 uncontrollable ! If even I were as in my boyhood,...The comrade of thy wanderings over heaven, As then wheij to outstrip the skiey speed Scarce seemed a vision, I would ne'er have striven As thus with thee...

...grow gray with fear, And tremble and despoil themselves: Oh hear ! If I were a dead leaf thou mightes* bear; If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee, A wave to pant beneath thy power, an(* share The impulse of thy strength, only les> free Than thou, O uncontrollable ! If even I were...

...fly with thee, A wave to pant beneath thy power, anf' share The impulse of thy strength, only les* free Than thou, O uncontrollable ! If even I were as in my boyhood, and could V>e The comrade of thy wanderings over heaven, As then, when to outstrip the skiey speed Scarce seemed...

...epically grand than this "Ode to the West Wind." What fire and passion dwell in these lines :— "If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear; If I were a swift...strength, only less free Than thou, O, uncontrollable I If even I were as in my boyhood, and could be The comrade of thy wanderings over heaven, As then,...

...Thy voice, and suddenly grow grey with fear, And tremble and despoil themselves : O, hear ! IV. If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear ; If I were a...impulse of thy strength, only less free Than thou, O, uncontroulable ! If even I were as in my boyhood, and could be The comrade of thy wanderings over heaven,...

...Die Last der Zeit gebeugt, gefesselt hat Den Geist, der stolz wie du, nicht zahm noch matt.1 1 If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear; If I were a swift...share The impulse of thy strength, only less free The thou, 0 uncontrolable ! . . Oh! lift me äs a wave, a leaf, a cloud! I fall upon the thorns of...

...are fairly carried along by a whirlwind of poetic excitement. When he cries to the West Wind :— " If even I were as in my boyhood, and could be The...thy wanderings over heaven, As then when to outstrip the skiey speed Scarce seemed a vision, I would ne'er have striven As thus with tbee in prayer in my...

...nicht zahm noch matt. i i If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear; II' I were a swift cloud to tiy with thee; A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share The impulse of thy strength, only less free The thou, 0 uncontrolable! . . Oh! lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud! I fall upon the thorns of life!...

...know Thy voice, and suddenly grow gray with fear,2 And tremble and despoil themselves : O hear ! If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear ; If I were a...wanderings over heaven, As then, when to outstrip the skyey speed Scarce seemed a vision ; I would ne'er have striven As thus with thee in prayer in...

...know Thy voice, and suddenly grow gray with fear And tremble and despoil themselves : Oh hear ! If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear; If I were a swift...heaven, As then, when to outstrip thy skiey speed Scarce seem'da vision, — I would ne'er have striven As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need. Oh ! lift...