Mont Blanc

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

(Lines written in the Vale of Chamouni)

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The everlasting universe of things公仔箱論壇) D: _8 ?. I) V; [4 w7 j
Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves,
/ r  P% Q9 w% u8 C5 ^$ nNow dark - now glittering - now reflecting gloom -tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( H  t& c1 S2 o7 V0 Q7 @
Now lending splendor, where from secret springs6 c8 w4 o1 d3 H% T
The source of human thought its tribute brings5.39.217.77:8898% [6 }2 i9 |" w; R- y( C$ n
Of waters, - with a sound but half its own,
) {( f0 C, B% o6 h9 z7 zSuch as a feeble brook will oft assumetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, B9 X8 \% R; D% ]( K
In the wild woods, amon the mountains lone,
' Z0 V4 D. k+ I公仔箱論壇Where waterfalls around it leap for ever,
5 N0 V4 l0 ]$ O  ~" W( C2 N6 W5.39.217.77:8898Where woods and winds contend, and a vast river1 S- ~8 v( F2 P  N" \; P
Over its rocks ceaselessly bursts and raves.

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Thus thou, Ravine of Arve - dark, deep Ravine-tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( [, N; Y" L# t
Thou many-colored, many voiced vale,
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Fast cloud-shadows and sunbeams: awful scene,6 O0 e  s' p3 [, f$ |3 Y
Where Power in likeness of the Arve comes downtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% ?% K( Y7 j8 _! R( L/ Z
From the ice-gulfs that gird his secret throne,5.39.217.77:8898% |6 p, E; N3 \5 F" d
Bursting through these dark mountains like the flame
2 ]4 c' J* ^" D0 u2 z. X! v公仔箱論壇Of lightning through the tempest; -thou dost lie,
7 q$ V' d, u  T$ b$ t公仔箱論壇Thy giant brood of pines around thee clinging,
2 M, ]/ X' G/ A0 m# i: B) {Children of elder time, in whose devotion公仔箱論壇: K/ p7 z: K/ f4 w* u5 M. I* t
The chainless winds still come and ever came
. j2 ?4 O' q; ?公仔箱論壇To drink their odors, and their mighty swinging0 t, w' m+ [" q: [# G, [$ `9 `, l
To hear - an old and solemn harmony;
; a8 m7 i: {; m# R5 W2 l; o5 ZThine earthly rainbows stretched across the sweep5.39.217.77:8898; d. F( u8 [( e5 `2 ]0 s
Of the ethereal waterfall, whose veil
. W% c8 P3 Z2 k3 U( Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRobes some unsculptured image; the strange sleep5.39.217.77:8898, Y0 h) \+ s9 K- o
Which when the voices of the desert failtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 k' ?% h) z- h0 }( y( S& G
Wraps all in its own deep eternity;-tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 t. T; F1 `+ x( r
Thy caverns echoing to the Arve's commotion,
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Thou art pervaded with that ceaseless motion,5.39.217.77:88987 h6 ]) F) Y7 M" P
Thou art the path of that unresting sound-tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ G  Q0 L: b! z$ U6 V( _3 ?
Dizzy Ravine! and when I gaze on thee
) D5 T7 R& Z% ]9 e5 M) G公仔箱論壇I seem as in a trance sublime and strange
/ S( v: Y$ D1 I5.39.217.77:8898To muse on my own separate fantasy,
, |! T0 I+ Z$ ?* `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMy own, my human mind, which passively
; N! J. O) p2 Q, B! y- z" {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNow renders and receives fast influencings,
3 T0 {' l$ f, }5 P( K3 SHolding an unremitting interchangetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! V, c. P3 D0 h1 y+ k
With the clear universe of things around;8 A( W  @& r. s( i, x$ d
One legion of wild thoughts, whose wandering wings3 B, e4 A  S! M( \3 }* q8 x2 s
Now float above thy darkness, and now restTVBNOW 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 Y0 r& i1 t7 U# ?% a) k. [
Where that or thou art no unbidden guest,0 m: d% X3 s! D5 n- W1 K' X1 U
In the still cave of the witch Poesy,5.39.217.77:88981 f! c9 l4 _: q) F4 b
Seeking among the shadows that pass bytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- v% l- ^1 Z- a1 E7 `7 G
Ghosts of all things that are, some shade of thee,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。5 T$ F8 E+ F; a& E4 V3 K' D$ i
Some phantom, some faint image; till the breast
3 q6 O' I* d  A7 u$ J, ^/ }2 J5.39.217.77:8898From which they fled recalls them, thou art there!

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Some say that gleams of a remoter world/ d2 }0 B6 F8 R2 {, |  J
Visit the soul in sleep,-that death is slumber,
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  u) D9 l- j: `8 j8 Y* {' m/ Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOf those who wake and live. -I look on high;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。# b5 ?( O4 o2 ~9 o+ s! l# V5 m- L& w
Has some unknown omnipotence unfurled
; M1 G% z2 O9 k5 q& X* }! |4 ?: e5 x5.39.217.77:8898The veil of life and death? or do I lietvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: K4 ~5 h' J. Q- C  d
In dream, and does the mightier world of sleep
" q7 L4 b# T; J, G( Q6 ?; OSpread far and round and inaccessibly公仔箱論壇! x  d* Z; [2 \! H% d1 G( X
Its circles? For the very spirit fails,
9 D; ^! D, ^  |3 P% h3 I; T公仔箱論壇Driven like a homeless cloud from steep to steep公仔箱論壇. C& O. m- v  ?; u- H3 b& m
That vanishes amon the viewless gales!
9 S- I3 ?# r: ]/ z5.39.217.77:8898Far, far above, piercing the infinite sky,
* k0 |, L' s( m. P3 ?9 u7 A  qMont Blanc appears,-still snowy and serene-5.39.217.77:8898: B/ J( c( V, v' f) V) y
Its subject mountains their unearthly forms
3 D# v. p+ H& _# UPile around it, ice and rock; broad vales between
, ^9 P2 b* {) k& s" y( y( cOf frozen floods, unfathomable deeps,
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And wind among the accumulated steeps;公仔箱論壇! V4 \. ]9 D" a' \
A desert peopled by the storms alone,
" g, X4 }, ^- D8 @- ~7 _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSave when the eagle brings some hunter's bone,
, B$ N0 u7 N1 b; |! e# {公仔箱論壇And the wolf tracks her there - how hideouslyTVBNOW 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。+ J  K+ t! i) }+ |
Its shapes are heaped around! rude, bare, and high,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。1 U; F( j5 t* J5 [
Ghastly, and scarred, and riven. -Is this the scene# u; @: G( V/ @" F; {
Where the old Earthquake-demon taught her young
/ L8 ^, r" u+ e" I8 r' P8 O公仔箱論壇Ruin? Were these their toys? or did a sea公仔箱論壇4 |$ ?- S; i# D2 S/ m+ @
Of fire envelop once this silent snow?
# |9 ]0 i  Q; v: i) a3 I: z0 ^None 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。/ M1 N; f5 h5 |6 P' u
The wilderness has a mysterious tongue
- F! _3 R. c( OWhich teaches awful doubt, or faith so mild,( s3 [) U2 C8 r- j9 V3 [
So solemn, so serene, that man may be,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 j/ l" w! c( h1 f6 Y5 @1 `
But for such faith, with nature reconciled;公仔箱論壇. W6 {6 k# D7 w# Q
Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal5.39.217.77:8898! |1 V* U+ K- S2 d7 j" \1 j: e
Large codes of fraud and woe; not understood公仔箱論壇" j& }2 n/ c, h+ t' J7 a1 x
By all, but which the wise, and great, and goodTVBNOW 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。* j/ q4 P; e6 [) @/ w
Interpret, or make felt, or deeply feel.

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The fields, the lakes, the forests, and the streams,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。& @1 f# n( w& S0 X* Z6 o% b
Ocean, and all the living things that dwell. \3 `; o3 u7 i8 ?  E
Within the daedal earth; lightning, and rain,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) h! Z5 y% A/ w7 k! h
Earthquake, and fiery flood, and hurricane,
/ ?! V* C# [; OThe torpor of the year when feeble dreams
; d2 I8 u% ]/ O6 Q0 h& IVisit the hidden buds, or dreamless sleep) k+ K9 ?: Z7 Z8 |; \" @- v
Holds every future leaf and flower; -the bound
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1 F  l$ s/ f; A  w8 Z1 }( W* c5.39.217.77:8898The works and ways of man, their death and birth,
8 J4 f) }' l; h  p  BAnd that of him, and all that his may be;5.39.217.77:8898# I7 b; ]& I0 n. z& W( `
All things that move and breathe with toil and sound
& A; d; O) Y" ~2 i( d公仔箱論壇Are born and die; revolve, subside, and swell.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。* P* x3 c! L" S7 r2 H
Power dwells apart in its tranquility,
" r. }- W$ Y* a$ V  Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRemote, serene, and inaccessible:
1 t# A% e7 f+ o4 mAnd this, the naked countenance of earth,5.39.217.77:8898% m; H7 `  K5 e5 s2 Q; v) h! H* }
On which I gaze, even these primeval mountainstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& T) |9 Y& L+ k$ s  J
Teach the adverting mind. The glaciers creep" x0 C2 V2 w4 Y3 [8 \
Like snakes that watch their prey, from their far fountains,
. y$ U6 L. w& j' {0 YTVBNOW 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 G) g" Z0 f% c  SFrost and the Sun in scorn of mortal power4 B- q* v. I5 r
Have piled: dome, pyramid, and pinnacle,
3 [8 c- b2 ]; Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA city of death, distinct with many a tower
$ m# i* O# @  ]And wall impregnable of beaming ice.
+ v* Z+ q7 h) G3 ?' E6 H% W* Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYet not a city, but a flood of ruintvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& d& p+ Z- m  {, ]
Is there, that from the boundaries of the sky公仔箱論壇" \9 a" \# K6 Y- p5 @
Rolls its perpetual stream; vast pines are strewing
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2 W, M8 l9 f2 {# ?- X" W$ ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBranchless and shattered stand; the rocks, drawn down  n4 y$ T6 C# k! c$ Z
From yon remotest waste, have overthrown
5 Q% P7 y( g1 |$ g公仔箱論壇The limits of the dead and living world,5.39.217.77:88982 D/ i# Z) j  X7 B: M5 k% f
Never to be reclaimed. The dwelling-place
: l3 p. J$ T' p4 w( \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOf insects, beasts, and birds, becomes its spoil
2 p* d. Q" y- h$ TTheir food and their retreat for ever gone,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% w. l+ j+ X3 x  k. a7 `' N: k
So much of life and joy is lost. The race$ N0 g7 I) F8 B/ H, u- y7 I
Of man flies far in dread; his work and dwelling
9 o8 m/ j7 n5 l4 C6 u/ ^% KVanish, like smoke before the tempest's stream,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。) `! p- Z: _% ^4 x( |0 ?, F4 I/ b+ I
And their place is not known. Below, vast caves公仔箱論壇. v; z5 T" z: ?, I; f7 N
Shine in the rushing torrents' restless gleam,
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; k3 b# p) M3 _公仔箱論壇Meet in the vale, and one majestic River,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( D7 @& r; k: j
The breath and blood of distant lands , for evertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% j: c8 _) `. F; W- ~# [7 i
Rolls its loud waters to the ocean-waves,
! |0 u9 \- Z5 H8 l5 Y  y: iBreathes its swift vapors to the circling air.

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Mont Blanc yet gleams on high:-the power is there,
8 f$ Y! j  a; ]* ~8 m3 U6 L$ q& VThe still and solemn power of many sights,5.39.217.77:88982 D5 S" ?. B, k# z7 {
And many sounds, and much of life and death.
1 o( ?1 }- A# h* X% Y1 x* c' x公仔箱論壇In the calm darkness of the moonless nights,! @6 S: w7 S/ V
In the lone glare of day, the snows descend
& ~0 V& p4 l! Q% [& K8 N; e. U8 kUpon that mountain; none beholds them there,
! J, }5 d8 Y. ]+ C5 b$ I2 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNor when the flakes burn in the sinking sun,公仔箱論壇$ E$ Z3 U& k* T. [3 x; y; R4 ~
Or the star-beams dart through them:-Winds contend
' ?5 ~$ j# `2 X" B2 W8 TSilently there, and heap the snow with breath
- i  h. a- l8 H% o: h公仔箱論壇Rapid and strong, but silently! Its home
1 W2 @6 V7 ~  g9 F公仔箱論壇The voiceless lightning in these solitudesTVBNOW 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。8 C2 d. u- |3 e* e; G3 L
Keeps innocently, and like vapor broods
' p  o( t8 J1 d! r公仔箱論壇Over the snow. The secret Strength of things
; T7 N* K* ?: K# z4 m3 |$ D6 XWhich governs thought, and to the infinite dome' Q# p/ g$ `& C$ b- H7 C/ j
Of Heaven is as a law, inhabits thee!公仔箱論壇& \8 P1 ^0 q9 D$ r: }! I
And what were thou, and earth, and stars, and sea,
9 a, ~% g4 _6 q* l公仔箱論壇If to the human mind's imaginings
" Z/ m+ z3 \  t  [1 W# ^5.39.217.77:8898Silence and solitude were vacancy?