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Cancelled Fragments of the Ode to HeavenPercy Bysshe Shelley

Cancelled Fragments of the Ode to Heaven

[Published by Mr. C.D. Locock, “Examination”, etc., 1903.]

 

The [living frame which sustains my soul]

Is [sinking beneath the fierce control]

Down through the lampless deep of song

I am drawn and driven along—

 

When a Nation screams aloud _5

Like an eagle from the cloud

When a...

 

...

 

When the night...

 

...

 

Watch the look askance and old—

See neglect, and falsehood fold... _10

 

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