 To other lands, leave azure chasms of calm Over this isle, or weep themselves in dew, From which its fields and woods ever renew Their green and golden immortality. And from the sea there rise, and from the sky There fall, clear exhalations, soft and...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1641822Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Lyndon Gladden - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 376 pages
...Shelley's description of the space reminds us of his usual imbrications of landscapes and bodies, since ... the isle's beauty, like a naked bride Glowing at once...loveliness, Blushes and trembles at its own excess. (474-476) Detached from the rest of the world, Shelley's island-bride hovers between one world and... | |
 | Stuart Peterfreund - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 432 pages
...ensue when Emily and he arrive on the island, the speaker fantasizes, And from the sea there rise, and from the sky There fall, clear exhalations, soft...bright, Veil after veil, each hiding some delight. (11. 470—72) Lastly, he and Emily will have "A veil for our seclusion, close as Night's, /Where secure... | |
 | Meyer Howard Abrams - 1960 - 248 pages
...its fields and woods ever renew 75 Their green and golden immortality. And from the sea there rise, and from the sky There fall, clear exhalations, soft...some delight, Which Sun or Moon or zephyr draw aside, 80 Till the isle's beauty, like a naked bride Glowing at once with love and loveliness, Blushes and... | |
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