Mont Blanc

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

(Lines written in the Vale of Chamouni)

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The everlasting universe of things
" ~  F# d1 Z9 s- ]$ {Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves,公仔箱論壇4 N# z. J% j9 B5 C& \! v  N
Now dark - now glittering - now reflecting gloom -
- \) r8 y9 h7 J! ]; e$ ~5 b公仔箱論壇Now lending splendor, where from secret springstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 W2 w+ Z" e5 V8 g0 b
The source of human thought its tribute brings5.39.217.77:8898- [+ n( a0 t  p6 w! R
Of waters, - with a sound but half its own,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 A  |- g5 F( `9 l0 U: J2 r
Such as a feeble brook will oft assume
9 b" R. x; X3 t$ r' i4 A4 c公仔箱論壇In the wild woods, amon the mountains lone,
* X3 J6 ~1 O( z2 B) tWhere waterfalls around it leap for ever,0 A$ J! U1 m6 f6 i3 k1 \
Where woods and winds contend, and a vast river
4 B3 H; Q7 [* X% x! xOver its rocks ceaselessly bursts and raves.

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Thus thou, Ravine of Arve - dark, deep Ravine-
2 d' M. y- w  b7 C7 S6 o' qTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Thou many-colored, many voiced vale,5.39.217.77:88983 W8 u1 T4 N7 N' r+ e
Over whose pines, and crags, and caverns sail
; U. H  ]) N9 y% A: `) q5 s3 l1 \/ ]) jFast cloud-shadows and sunbeams: awful scene,5 t" A0 }0 \" T# D4 B5 f/ v
Where Power in likeness of the Arve comes down
" W5 u: g1 k" a7 W9 gFrom the ice-gulfs that gird his secret throne,
* Q) q  x/ m& N! e7 j! \5.39.217.77:8898Bursting through these dark mountains like the flameTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。0 R* S+ T- N4 P* s. i
Of lightning through the tempest; -thou dost lie,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) ?* M# ?4 w: u/ t; ^& r
Thy giant brood of pines around thee clinging,
; J- e' _  l  e2 U* F$ a5 IChildren of elder time, in whose devotiontvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 w" F4 [% Q* o0 y8 {: E5 ~3 B
The chainless winds still come and ever came
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To hear - an old and solemn harmony;
. M; \( r3 X' Z5 v  L& L( {; m公仔箱論壇Thine earthly rainbows stretched across the sweep5.39.217.77:88981 a, S! e, f$ x& @4 Q& H
Of the ethereal waterfall, whose veil
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Which when the voices of the desert fail
! l: N1 ?. Q: d+ z9 g( NWraps all in its own deep eternity;-
% e! }% [- W5 ?* ?* h2 XThy caverns echoing to the Arve's commotion,
8 h0 ^/ ?- e9 w7 z# H8 ]公仔箱論壇A loud, lone sound no other sound can tame;TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! G& `' h1 g# ]/ ]! C1 _
Thou art pervaded with that ceaseless motion,6 ]+ ]8 i* S' j: R! R5 D
Thou art the path of that unresting sound-$ b3 B9 @1 P! l
Dizzy Ravine! and when I gaze on thee1 d9 T+ y' T# r
I seem as in a trance sublime and strange公仔箱論壇$ ~% n" {& x) e, h/ J
To muse on my own separate fantasy,5.39.217.77:88980 w9 n2 b" Z( G% X, G
My own, my human mind, which passively
6 }; z7 v- U! ?( i& B4 V( wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNow renders and receives fast influencings,
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With the clear universe of things around;4 ]7 D. c- S, l$ [$ l
One legion of wild thoughts, whose wandering wings
- y9 S& \: {$ C5.39.217.77:8898Now float above thy darkness, and now rest% ?$ \+ N# z$ C* Q; I% \
Where that or thou art no unbidden guest,5.39.217.77:8898% ?- f2 [2 v% I
In the still cave of the witch Poesy,. F$ F8 D9 g/ ]' G9 c* m, E2 I
Seeking among the shadows that pass by
+ x7 r6 Q# q1 Q) @7 S6 J/ s! G5.39.217.77:8898Ghosts of all things that are, some shade of thee,* y6 B: T' w5 j+ I2 y
Some phantom, some faint image; till the breast
& u( w% J: X3 G* i: U4 FFrom which they fled recalls them, thou art there!

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Some say that gleams of a remoter world& e5 W- H" a9 T, D
Visit the soul in sleep,-that death is slumber,5.39.217.77:88984 M/ u" i+ w  K- q- O8 h3 H
And that its shapes the busy thoughts outnumber
" V: e" Q7 w* B. B5.39.217.77:8898Of those who wake and live. -I look on high;公仔箱論壇0 u8 f/ K: @. P, L
Has some unknown omnipotence unfurledTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& _6 G- w% `9 M' H
The veil of life and death? or do I lietvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  O' q3 F$ g+ Q( T! g+ W8 v# |. Y
In dream, and does the mightier world of sleep5.39.217.77:8898$ [; m7 w8 Z6 [" k
Spread far and round and inaccessibly公仔箱論壇6 n2 j- k* z* m$ x* c6 c2 h
Its circles? For the very spirit fails,5.39.217.77:88981 F3 p* N& y2 S3 F; S
Driven like a homeless cloud from steep to steep5.39.217.77:8898: F5 G+ M7 [1 d5 u! p; K
That vanishes amon the viewless gales!TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( b& e9 _  y& e. ?/ m+ ?
Far, far above, piercing the infinite sky,
! }/ z% _( |* R! K5 R# l6 F公仔箱論壇Mont Blanc appears,-still snowy and serene-公仔箱論壇$ E: z* y, l3 z  j
Its subject mountains their unearthly forms
2 s1 B/ l! M) H0 @5.39.217.77:8898Pile around it, ice and rock; broad vales between
* H9 N4 r+ D) O! L- v0 b1 sTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Of frozen floods, unfathomable deeps,$ o) M8 n5 h" \
Blue as the overhanging heaven, that spread1 p" Z1 _+ j* N: y: [  ~3 f( ^
And wind among the accumulated steeps;/ I% n' [  D  e, I% n: M' m
A desert peopled by the storms alone,4 U! E* z$ h& f9 M" k
Save when the eagle brings some hunter's bone,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. `2 d3 o/ s& }: s# R$ j
And the wolf tracks her there - how hideouslytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 \4 u; _3 S; d, a( j
Its shapes are heaped around! rude, bare, and high,
/ X: G8 T, e+ E公仔箱論壇Ghastly, and scarred, and riven. -Is this the scene7 G# B& ^( v# U' S, p8 ^3 l
Where the old Earthquake-demon taught her young
# |1 g! T* K( M: k2 W- UTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Ruin? Were these their toys? or did a sea
8 t1 \1 R! o8 N" u8 I7 U5.39.217.77:8898Of fire envelop once this silent snow?
/ r1 w) c! V+ D2 E4 }0 otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNone can reply - all seems eternal now.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, B: N2 y' J& M1 t
The wilderness has a mysterious tongue
- N. J& Q9 Q( aWhich teaches awful doubt, or faith so mild,
! H! ~. c- f& Z- aSo solemn, so serene, that man may be,TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。) I5 ~& O; [: z& ~# e
But for such faith, with nature reconciled;
" o. \1 m! D6 W6 A8 N# i" W公仔箱論壇Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal
) K& o% C/ t  J  }4 V' ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLarge codes of fraud and woe; not understood  i8 i) E% Y0 }: T0 x& j
By all, but which the wise, and great, and good
" U# ?5 Y& f& ]  b2 M/ w. i2 C5.39.217.77:8898Interpret, or make felt, or deeply feel.

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The fields, the lakes, the forests, and the streams,5.39.217.77:88984 f% t' r+ H- C$ H- W3 w# `2 K
Ocean, and all the living things that dwell5.39.217.77:88982 L: f" A+ e# q
Within the daedal earth; lightning, and rain,5.39.217.77:8898& J& J) H: I- e; ^# ^1 I7 x
Earthquake, and fiery flood, and hurricane,5.39.217.77:88983 ]3 x- w8 [3 G5 a" \
The torpor of the year when feeble dreams
0 O2 z7 p* j+ @2 ]  {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbVisit the hidden buds, or dreamless sleep7 t- _( ^7 j$ k  T
Holds every future leaf and flower; -the bound
: l" c/ O# O- ~* C9 X1 [1 fTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。With which from that detested trance they leap;# X; E9 T! n1 f
The works and ways of man, their death and birth,TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 S" C* b. r- z( C
And that of him, and all that his may be;tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 S' x. |5 i" ^7 D& B( E5 F
All things that move and breathe with toil and sound公仔箱論壇, ^9 m( b! i" B" {
Are born and die; revolve, subside, and swell.; g; m+ }5 J4 r! m( q  x4 u
Power dwells apart in its tranquility,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 B& }. G: |/ G: g- W. [
Remote, serene, and inaccessible:
9 ^- s+ K) f) s* L3 _, b; i公仔箱論壇And this, the naked countenance of earth,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 _4 u- ~4 H3 U* Y8 O
On which I gaze, even these primeval mountainstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 C: x1 l1 h* L( T
Teach the adverting mind. The glaciers creeptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ R  O# h. e3 V' R, J1 ~
Like snakes that watch their prey, from their far fountains,
, h, E( J2 R! x# _7 K* q7 {TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Slow rolling on; there, many a precipice,
0 C4 c- a& {* c" g; ]4 M( N/ N/ J( ~5.39.217.77:8898Frost and the Sun in scorn of mortal powerTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' Q$ i! H/ j  ~4 Q/ C- r: {. y
Have piled: dome, pyramid, and pinnacle,
2 ~' [/ r! v" x公仔箱論壇A city of death, distinct with many a tower
* N: `' K# m* c. k; u5 C. fAnd wall impregnable of beaming ice.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* W3 N% J3 o4 ]& [
Yet not a city, but a flood of ruintvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 `) h9 t3 G" t
Is there, that from the boundaries of the sky
! P, M; l, C3 P/ y$ oRolls its perpetual stream; vast pines are strewing
; _6 a; A3 U# itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIts destined path, or in the mangled soiltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: k/ \0 C- }- l4 Q! `+ O# T+ m& I
Branchless and shattered stand; the rocks, drawn down
9 E$ ~" F. J/ c/ c( ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFrom yon remotest waste, have overthrown# S7 b$ R8 V% b  g) p, L) z
The limits of the dead and living world,
6 [0 W9 }" I! ^) a0 l2 vNever to be reclaimed. The dwelling-placeTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" }/ T! j4 u4 W# Q3 H5 n- H
Of insects, beasts, and birds, becomes its spoilTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% S: r2 c4 b1 ~0 `
Their food and their retreat for ever gone,
- J5 s3 ]  R. e2 @, l$ }4 v) m5.39.217.77:8898So much of life and joy is lost. The race
6 G( c% x* u: C0 K$ B/ f2 AOf man flies far in dread; his work and dwelling
; y& p9 i: L" |7 W7 g- l2 X, nVanish, like smoke before the tempest's stream,
; u3 Q8 Y1 ?5 ~3 E% aAnd their place is not known. Below, vast cavestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! T2 l: J' J* P9 J5 b- t& I3 q
Shine in the rushing torrents' restless gleam,
2 @* R- b1 m! A+ K5 I8 _5 s2 V5.39.217.77:8898Which from those secret chasms in tumult welling
# ^5 |" ]7 V/ Y" }. e公仔箱論壇Meet in the vale, and one majestic River,# U4 }& I, X1 q
The breath and blood of distant lands , for ever
- H* |" j/ j' I6 }& W4 o5.39.217.77:8898Rolls its loud waters to the ocean-waves,
$ h% c# K6 l7 O+ M9 w3 PBreathes its swift vapors to the circling air.

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Mont Blanc yet gleams on high:-the power is there,; M6 m, C0 F* r: A
The still and solemn power of many sights,
  c" a& q3 p8 \7 H  W公仔箱論壇And many sounds, and much of life and death.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( k9 R3 W7 T, _3 ]& w& F5 `
In the calm darkness of the moonless nights,公仔箱論壇& @0 j. S' c4 }: V% d7 U
In the lone glare of day, the snows descend) V- f' w- g6 S' M5 p
Upon that mountain; none beholds them there,TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! K! {! P9 I7 |: t. z
Nor when the flakes burn in the sinking sun,
) I; l3 h' T) @8 o* ~8 T9 ?  [TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Or the star-beams dart through them:-Winds contend
: {* s1 H9 S7 A7 C. YSilently there, and heap the snow with breath
. f0 _- Y! u  q- X5 e. p9 U# mTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Rapid and strong, but silently! Its home
3 ?1 E0 _) Q! R, [0 G1 Y# wTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The voiceless lightning in these solitudes
3 ]& d4 q0 c  _公仔箱論壇Keeps innocently, and like vapor broods5.39.217.77:88988 W6 V& R% k. E# Z/ G) A) k1 m5 {! z: _
Over the snow. The secret Strength of thingsTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' C  E6 S6 w0 B# q
Which governs thought, and to the infinite dome5.39.217.77:88981 e  J0 K# l# k: e7 u
Of Heaven is as a law, inhabits thee!
" }  |5 Z) z. ~& E- G# Z3 K( QAnd what were thou, and earth, and stars, and sea,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  h7 T8 b' Y" x# V6 t' d6 X
If to the human mind's imaginings
* s5 P" S3 N6 T8 TSilence and solitude were vacancy?