Mont Blanc

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

(Lines written in the Vale of Chamouni)

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The everlasting universe of things
, ?. L& U, p7 e2 b% w$ b2 @7 rFlows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves,
7 L6 I; M5 Q9 r, X1 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNow dark - now glittering - now reflecting gloom -
, {4 ~5 b2 X4 HNow lending splendor, where from secret springs. s  b! M! _$ J; w% L% u  q2 y
The source of human thought its tribute brings
# y; b& C6 u0 v3 Y$ tOf waters, - with a sound but half its own,
- A4 h& e8 ^$ [. I, btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSuch as a feeble brook will oft assume& r) T8 ~7 K  B7 m0 F* F+ Y& D- q
In the wild woods, amon the mountains lone,
7 b% ^" g0 Q2 K, K公仔箱論壇Where waterfalls around it leap for ever,$ r: \  v' G4 A* ^
Where woods and winds contend, and a vast river
' d, K, K- P0 `$ u1 Z$ X# s% }/ f5.39.217.77:8898Over its rocks ceaselessly bursts and raves.

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Thus thou, Ravine of Arve - dark, deep Ravine-5.39.217.77:88986 z/ j0 t+ E4 }  u: a. {  v
Thou many-colored, many voiced vale,
' s9 W  ^9 e, e' j5 ?2 U; D2 [8 E5.39.217.77:8898Over whose pines, and crags, and caverns sail5.39.217.77:8898; ]& t- ~9 Z: \3 a
Fast cloud-shadows and sunbeams: awful scene,
7 {% w" u/ Y* U. ^5 QWhere Power in likeness of the Arve comes down
: W0 A2 d) k$ d% LFrom the ice-gulfs that gird his secret throne,公仔箱論壇5 G# ~8 {3 l) Q1 X, w( k
Bursting through these dark mountains like the flame7 v# ?) {3 {+ ^
Of lightning through the tempest; -thou dost lie,
% a/ ^% j5 Q: D2 r% l- V* vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThy giant brood of pines around thee clinging,
# N* x; @: K% ~- M% j6 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbChildren of elder time, in whose devotiontvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& l/ H. O/ t+ I2 a* p/ W5 U
The chainless winds still come and ever came
, \2 f5 t, L; ]: Y* }/ etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTo drink their odors, and their mighty swinging
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Thine earthly rainbows stretched across the sweep: V% ^; M& H+ U6 }! K
Of the ethereal waterfall, whose veil
; Q- ~: w, u/ ?. c5.39.217.77:8898Robes some unsculptured image; the strange sleep- W- w4 G  q% R# H
Which when the voices of the desert failtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 ]# O! I4 o$ X& B
Wraps all in its own deep eternity;-
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! i# _) W+ n0 A5 c  Q, KA loud, lone sound no other sound can tame;
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+ {2 P1 V% G, ^: mThou art the path of that unresting sound-% u- z3 P6 h" x2 Q
Dizzy Ravine! and when I gaze on thee
. T. h2 J  P* T- @) M) |4 `I seem as in a trance sublime and strange
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" K' u5 O- K( T) c- ^! M" y8 pMy own, my human mind, which passively( D' k, ]4 X# p: ]+ x
Now renders and receives fast influencings,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; D* ]; U( ^: ?) `6 i$ t1 w5 O
Holding an unremitting interchange公仔箱論壇: _9 J! [/ Y! v  B+ j) g8 d4 A
With the clear universe of things around;
0 C( h) J  ?' Y5.39.217.77:8898One legion of wild thoughts, whose wandering wings+ d: u5 t: K; u9 ]9 g
Now float above thy darkness, and now rest2 a8 M+ }4 ?9 e8 f" l0 b
Where that or thou art no unbidden guest,! n  p/ z! k5 O: E4 Q: l$ d
In the still cave of the witch Poesy,
3 z+ S3 L0 I# }4 LSeeking among the shadows that pass by5.39.217.77:8898: }, V* k- O, v. P! K( A+ ?
Ghosts of all things that are, some shade of thee,5.39.217.77:8898( O; p- d8 u& ^( H- Q
Some phantom, some faint image; till the breast; x8 M7 `( }3 n8 x0 B/ X+ \; w
From which they fled recalls them, thou art there!

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Some say that gleams of a remoter world
$ \! O3 m8 v& [* kVisit the soul in sleep,-that death is slumber,
; r+ z% u; y1 s( A5.39.217.77:8898And that its shapes the busy thoughts outnumber
' F9 U+ D& i, ]2 u* AOf those who wake and live. -I look on high;tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 }5 y; y9 u  k7 Y3 Q
Has some unknown omnipotence unfurled公仔箱論壇2 B$ o/ z5 n0 p+ {- s5 A' e
The veil of life and death? or do I lie
* m9 s0 l4 }" z9 C2 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn dream, and does the mightier world of sleep5.39.217.77:88981 D7 J- a) X. L" `
Spread far and round and inaccessibly公仔箱論壇6 f8 {7 d2 J: R- f- Y
Its circles? For the very spirit fails,7 F$ p& U+ C9 G; D
Driven like a homeless cloud from steep to steep
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Far, far above, piercing the infinite sky,
) J, B" E* h. m& i" n) \* n公仔箱論壇Mont Blanc appears,-still snowy and serene-
5 a  ]3 W+ g6 EIts subject mountains their unearthly forms
8 ~# w+ d. t, h( ~+ H6 p5.39.217.77:8898Pile around it, ice and rock; broad vales between
& C7 K7 y) w6 x3 b. h# j/ gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOf frozen floods, unfathomable deeps,
, {) `# q& S3 v+ c5 @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBlue as the overhanging heaven, that spread# N7 q* z# B9 y. S+ p1 F, r- O  S# w
And wind among the accumulated steeps;
* W  d2 j; l1 tA desert peopled by the storms alone,
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Its shapes are heaped around! rude, bare, and high,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, T5 N8 z+ h/ C' b! q
Ghastly, and scarred, and riven. -Is this the scene
' m$ [& _; w! A5.39.217.77:8898Where the old Earthquake-demon taught her young
& Y1 s; p( v9 e, A; sRuin? Were these their toys? or did a seaTVBNOW 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 g( i& q  Y% v; s, ~- ~
Of fire envelop once this silent snow?
# h. j3 ], ^# h# d% E4 J# E! r9 K' dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNone can reply - all seems eternal now.
( a, H( P4 M: e/ n# K: m! |The wilderness has a mysterious tongue
8 }: `2 _1 S9 ?4 Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich teaches awful doubt, or faith so mild,
2 {  j) t6 t0 J) _0 R5 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSo solemn, so serene, that man may be,
* N/ n0 u, V+ htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBut for such faith, with nature reconciled;公仔箱論壇  I4 G. l+ H( ^+ v8 e$ V
Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal
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By all, but which the wise, and great, and good
2 y  g9 J8 i7 S; D& g, g9 y$ wInterpret, or make felt, or deeply feel.

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The fields, the lakes, the forests, and the streams,: `- h' i$ M) @* Q" f) d' R
Ocean, and all the living things that dwellTVBNOW 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& ^9 o8 o8 {
Within the daedal earth; lightning, and rain,
2 C3 Z/ f6 w5 m. h" V5.39.217.77:8898Earthquake, and fiery flood, and hurricane,
: a' u" ~; `/ H! a% IThe torpor of the year when feeble dreams公仔箱論壇9 y+ I5 N  G$ D9 R
Visit the hidden buds, or dreamless sleep公仔箱論壇% P/ G( S" o# u$ x2 [) }
Holds every future leaf and flower; -the bound
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The works and ways of man, their death and birth,公仔箱論壇1 l  V" Y2 z1 ?3 P; @! k, _
And that of him, and all that his may be;
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Are born and die; revolve, subside, and swell.公仔箱論壇. @" |. ^4 ^8 p7 ~
Power dwells apart in its tranquility,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 q; ~5 M0 C' e  N2 q
Remote, serene, and inaccessible:. o0 l* Y* `" E
And this, the naked countenance of earth,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。6 }  a) y, q% \" Z4 |& ~
On which I gaze, even these primeval mountainsTVBNOW 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+ i* p4 q% g! M  d
Teach the adverting mind. The glaciers creeptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 M' z1 r5 n+ m- h9 G% m
Like snakes that watch their prey, from their far fountains,3 f: _" l" D, Q8 d! h- ?
Slow rolling on; there, many a precipice,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。" I+ m- w5 O0 p0 C* f1 l+ J
Frost and the Sun in scorn of mortal power
9 D$ s# Y: e  a2 C2 z! Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHave piled: dome, pyramid, and pinnacle,
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Yet not a city, but a flood of ruin
2 U; y( S* a; e9 M& {% V: t5.39.217.77:8898Is there, that from the boundaries of the sky
5 }4 T: h8 h" a( L+ w$ C2 @& rRolls its perpetual stream; vast pines are strewing
7 _! \: v8 r, ?/ K5 X3 ^  r  k7 M$ A$ {公仔箱論壇Its destined path, or in the mangled soil
' Q* u, z' {7 Z) v/ f& \9 z公仔箱論壇Branchless and shattered stand; the rocks, drawn down5.39.217.77:88985 B, S$ X+ O, t1 S" {! S
From yon remotest waste, have overthrowntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ q& X7 R' V+ K; s( Z1 w
The limits of the dead and living world,
) s% ~# Z' J( i& p公仔箱論壇Never to be reclaimed. The dwelling-place7 V+ e3 y: O* {$ k: a
Of insects, beasts, and birds, becomes its spoiltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ D) e1 ?4 A/ D7 w. ]- n
Their food and their retreat for ever gone,公仔箱論壇! i6 p9 u5 S" a( Z* v0 \9 S: z
So much of life and joy is lost. The race
( K  A9 _4 C5 `8 B/ ?5.39.217.77:8898Of man flies far in dread; his work and dwelling
- f  t  V. q2 B" w9 z! U4 {0 l  b3 nVanish, like smoke before the tempest's stream,
9 V, X! V* N+ L公仔箱論壇And their place is not known. Below, vast caves
- l2 K8 n; N$ K! H7 j4 [1 p公仔箱論壇Shine in the rushing torrents' restless gleam,5.39.217.77:88980 V& e* I/ u/ D! ^
Which from those secret chasms in tumult welling
) D8 e, N1 S8 h& X- z4 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMeet in the vale, and one majestic River,
' G5 H8 o7 S. U; ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe breath and blood of distant lands , for everTVBNOW 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。" Z7 w; ^5 s# p$ T
Rolls its loud waters to the ocean-waves,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 Z0 z" A; q3 K# H; @
Breathes its swift vapors to the circling air.

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Mont Blanc yet gleams on high:-the power is there,
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0 J! t& ~3 u6 }& _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd many sounds, and much of life and death.
6 R! _0 {( ]6 L3 Z; gIn the calm darkness of the moonless nights,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* G2 j& }& n1 m4 h% j0 P% h
In the lone glare of day, the snows descend
: _  i( r  W2 S5.39.217.77:8898Upon that mountain; none beholds them there,
# |# f# R& O/ V- ]3 f9 B5.39.217.77:8898Nor when the flakes burn in the sinking sun,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) E! B9 O4 I& @& H
Or the star-beams dart through them:-Winds contend5.39.217.77:8898/ K2 X# Z9 e# D" y9 _
Silently there, and heap the snow with breath
/ ?' q# p1 Q' \/ ^( D( KRapid and strong, but silently! Its home- O$ Q( d( N/ a; g' f; h
The voiceless lightning in these solitudes公仔箱論壇$ D$ H, V! D9 z
Keeps innocently, and like vapor broods
, r5 m7 {" }! _0 ~" O; E/ M公仔箱論壇Over the snow. The secret Strength of things- o* v0 }  T6 U  N5 Q
Which governs thought, and to the infinite domeTVBNOW 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。  a6 V2 X7 o4 l; D
Of Heaven is as a law, inhabits thee!
5 O- o2 e. @; N+ B. A% X$ Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd what were thou, and earth, and stars, and sea,& O% H1 ~0 N4 Q- K& V
If to the human mind's imaginings
' j# H3 p, U' Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSilence and solitude were vacancy?