Mont Blanc

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

(Lines written in the Vale of Chamouni)

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The everlasting universe of thingstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* j8 r4 Q/ a( k
Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves,
' n  [! a# S7 ONow dark - now glittering - now reflecting gloom -公仔箱論壇7 Y  e; J; k* d$ n# `: o& V" y
Now lending splendor, where from secret springs公仔箱論壇% n3 M3 t& H7 O+ r& b8 ]
The source of human thought its tribute brings5.39.217.77:8898+ R3 n; ]5 W% e" `# d
Of waters, - with a sound but half its own,
$ S8 v) c) D% o4 ?  x6 Q公仔箱論壇Such as a feeble brook will oft assume
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Where waterfalls around it leap for ever,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。* ]& _# J0 A/ x8 o* X
Where woods and winds contend, and a vast river5.39.217.77:88985 ^2 S7 W( H& g- c% K$ q
Over its rocks ceaselessly bursts and raves.

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Thus thou, Ravine of Arve - dark, deep Ravine-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) y8 L; J
Thou many-colored, many voiced vale,
" R! I7 ^* z5 uOver whose pines, and crags, and caverns sail
3 P" S: E; l' H% ~Fast cloud-shadows and sunbeams: awful scene,
5 Q2 n& h  k& s6 g/ @% V: o& Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhere Power in likeness of the Arve comes down
9 b/ E6 a1 o) W: P公仔箱論壇From the ice-gulfs that gird his secret throne,5.39.217.77:8898. p! m' L4 W: p* I& B# ]
Bursting 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。5 y; f$ P1 \5 ]8 J9 l
Of lightning through the tempest; -thou dost lie,公仔箱論壇) R* k, @0 j8 _# A
Thy giant brood of pines around thee clinging,公仔箱論壇7 c# s* I# h. v" s" s
Children of elder time, in whose devotion) A: ~# _2 b' t6 b1 [
The chainless winds still come and ever came) t9 t3 Q/ a7 Q8 J6 |+ L3 {
To drink their odors, and their mighty swinging
6 G! J* Z. \- P6 o4 X! btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTo hear - an old and solemn harmony;tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 `( |+ {5 T: T% j6 f1 q
Thine earthly rainbows stretched across the sweep
; d& Y2 O: a$ E% O- N& ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOf the ethereal waterfall, whose veil
3 |& @5 g) m% [9 [6 i' x5.39.217.77:8898Robes some unsculptured image; the strange sleep
9 Q9 i2 T7 G5 P6 S& D公仔箱論壇Which when the voices of the desert failtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 m+ P! l5 l) {
Wraps all in its own deep eternity;-
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' ~2 [' ^  p$ Z" ]; Y9 r5.39.217.77:8898A loud, lone sound no other sound can tame;
" o& K7 P! G  t" Y9 G6 W2 c4 BThou art pervaded with that ceaseless motion,
* y: B; A$ x4 T* C% G$ Z公仔箱論壇Thou art the path of that unresting sound-
; ?% B/ b% t3 K" ?Dizzy Ravine! and when I gaze on thee
1 o  b4 g( b6 J- s9 H% H% D% stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbI seem as in a trance sublime and strange
5 l1 B2 q7 a  g0 u) @- f! I5.39.217.77:8898To muse on my own separate fantasy,
! P" j3 F* ?  f! Q5.39.217.77:8898My own, my human mind, which passively公仔箱論壇# S3 q) l9 y8 j, @
Now renders and receives fast influencings,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- o9 E+ P. n5 L! Q
Holding an unremitting interchangetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 [1 g# D+ Y* O) v
With the clear universe of things around;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。9 @+ G  L) D( ]
One legion of wild thoughts, whose wandering wingstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 Z, J4 _; g) C
Now float above thy darkness, and now rest
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In the still cave of the witch Poesy,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 {+ X7 }9 P/ R% V7 a' y4 K
Seeking among the shadows that pass bytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 @3 u+ G2 d; r5 x8 s
Ghosts of all things that are, some shade of thee,5.39.217.77:8898' k7 s5 r0 O3 u0 y7 w
Some phantom, some faint image; till the breast5.39.217.77:8898; q' d) ~( p' ^5 \+ Z4 R7 p
From which they fled recalls them, thou art there!

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Some say that gleams of a remoter worldtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% ~. |& ?. ^7 C8 n/ }2 Z
Visit the soul in sleep,-that death is slumber,
) U& N7 ^+ S, Z1 ?$ {  c; stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd that its shapes the busy thoughts outnumber3 j  r# y5 }1 j; q1 j# q
Of 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。' y, x4 ?: V) e
Has some unknown omnipotence unfurled
# v) \2 N8 b' Q* I6 ]7 |The veil of life and death? or do I lie
( |3 q2 i( V( T' q' A) m! tIn dream, and does the mightier world of sleeptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! q) i9 p2 a3 o1 Z8 T% \
Spread far and round and inaccessibly
9 v; \: P" I: @3 H2 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。Its circles? For the very spirit fails,( t" s( N! O; L# x9 ~
Driven like a homeless cloud from steep to steep
( Y) L) @( Y" i* ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThat vanishes amon the viewless gales!tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" I# a* D0 E4 e1 V  d9 \
Far, far above, piercing the infinite sky,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。( H# R0 N, j! o" j
Mont Blanc appears,-still snowy and serene-公仔箱論壇0 ^' U, @: o0 r9 h! K) u9 \7 k
Its subject mountains their unearthly forms
/ x, F2 X/ D5 U9 C/ g5.39.217.77:8898Pile around it, ice and rock; broad vales between公仔箱論壇2 Q; V  }$ c" ?4 D% z
Of frozen floods, unfathomable deeps,
8 w  W8 b# M* O. x* p: htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBlue as the overhanging heaven, that spread公仔箱論壇+ o6 M3 R! I- p1 o( R6 I
And wind among the accumulated steeps;
/ Z6 e/ q2 j+ M( e2 V6 E/ V) dA desert peopled by the storms alone,
0 {) ]$ L$ ]& r* _9 PSave when the eagle brings some hunter's bone,5 d  v" o9 E( ^1 D3 j
And the wolf tracks her there - how hideously
. N! q0 p0 G$ P- m8 Y2 q/ zIts shapes are heaped around! rude, bare, and high,
5 E# k+ i8 O* A+ H% n. M5.39.217.77:8898Ghastly, and scarred, and riven. -Is this the scene
% M/ f- B; |1 b5.39.217.77:8898Where the old Earthquake-demon taught her youngTVBNOW 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。. Z+ o& y: `. I
Ruin? Were these their toys? or did a sea
9 S5 v+ P7 i! K( E" s$ kOf fire envelop once this silent snow?8 M, j  l! B: O  f1 J# q7 w
None can reply - all seems eternal now.% O5 X7 j5 P# c
The wilderness has a mysterious tongue
4 B$ r8 a4 d! v# Q8 w6 P0 XWhich teaches awful doubt, or faith so mild,
- g! d" j- c4 `) `* I7 p+ p9 ]0 A5 t公仔箱論壇So solemn, so serene, that man may be,* D$ o8 ]' ~+ o8 @) A! ]
But for such faith, with nature reconciled;tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ d& O+ U/ }! o6 B
Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal
1 X( s$ ]8 x5 e7 hLarge codes of fraud and woe; not understoodTVBNOW 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。, Z9 P7 l  v! \  S. W: d: k
By all, but which the wise, and great, and good
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The fields, the lakes, the forests, and the streams,
6 \# h9 ]' R; U1 {. X% FOcean, and all the living things that dwell
; o8 T4 t% }4 |6 Q# f+ atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWithin the daedal earth; lightning, and rain,% K' J1 t2 D+ ?! C: D9 V3 T
Earthquake, and fiery flood, and hurricane,
) x2 Z  g# t9 mThe torpor of the year when feeble dreams% ^1 _5 R0 A8 ^: p
Visit the hidden buds, or dreamless sleep
% g- ?' Q0 Y# n$ J+ ]4 I% vHolds every future leaf and flower; -the bound
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3 t9 D0 c; E  ^  [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。" o& v7 J$ A* b1 V7 e; }
And that of him, and all that his may be;公仔箱論壇" o3 _# S6 o6 O
All things that move and breathe with toil and sound+ U4 e+ H2 X8 c
Are born and die; revolve, subside, and swell.
  n/ }$ O  l( D- m: n' t  _Power dwells apart in its tranquility,
9 w- m0 U& z8 ?) U5 a: s9 l0 zTVBNOW 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。Remote, serene, and inaccessible:
( R" ~/ K5 C9 S" D5.39.217.77:8898And this, the naked countenance of earth,公仔箱論壇; u* S$ p; D+ |$ s
On which I gaze, even these primeval mountains
7 G$ |8 r" g/ c8 }3 X/ ~$ `+ |/ `公仔箱論壇Teach the adverting mind. The glaciers creep8 C1 f( T, w8 b: Y' s# I
Like snakes that watch their prey, from their far fountains,5.39.217.77:8898+ S. c' n! _7 N6 b6 k+ M( c5 u
Slow rolling on; there, many a precipice,公仔箱論壇" u. T/ f  I# f
Frost and the Sun in scorn of mortal power
* Y) s+ U$ I# t9 P: G5 p+ {5.39.217.77:8898Have piled: dome, pyramid, and pinnacle,
: Q0 P  y# R) N+ e9 K$ LA city of death, distinct with many a tower3 L' l) o+ g! A* A1 [
And wall impregnable of beaming ice.5.39.217.77:88982 j' _' e3 }- T0 C! J( S1 {
Yet not a city, but a flood of ruintvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  }( }) `# y' S- W, d
Is there, that from the boundaries of the sky5.39.217.77:8898  W/ I0 U+ V( W8 K- s, A
Rolls its perpetual stream; vast pines are strewing
+ _* F( e  A8 l6 o9 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIts destined path, or in the mangled soil6 j5 S, s; X( s3 p. _3 [1 P
Branchless and shattered stand; the rocks, drawn down公仔箱論壇8 i$ B8 _+ h0 n/ w6 W8 y/ i4 I
From yon remotest waste, have overthrown
8 B# A( M" `$ L: D9 v" Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe limits of the dead and living world,$ c( s- z4 u9 {! K! [1 }
Never to be reclaimed. The dwelling-place
" A0 C# U# e0 W% O5.39.217.77:8898Of insects, beasts, and birds, becomes its spoiltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 K0 n* C0 l# {$ E* l) n' {+ |
Their food and their retreat for ever gone,
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Of man flies far in dread; his work and dwelling5.39.217.77:88980 X5 d( r  H) a6 g  W6 o
Vanish, like smoke before the tempest's stream,
% R9 ?* J' n8 L4 ^4 p5.39.217.77:8898And their place is not known. Below, vast caves
9 l- _0 m. D7 ~( ^+ Z1 l! v2 qShine in the rushing torrents' restless gleam,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 n- t, G2 J1 ^: _$ `1 C* U1 q/ t
Which from those secret chasms in tumult welling
1 A8 C+ S+ q" J6 n. [! U5 _Meet in the vale, and one majestic River,. ~5 }5 v3 |0 k
The breath and blood of distant lands , for ever
# s& d3 W# O+ m0 G5.39.217.77:8898Rolls its loud waters to the ocean-waves,
# V" W3 w" |( HBreathes its swift vapors to the circling air.

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Mont Blanc yet gleams on high:-the power is 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。0 t! d$ w# L2 P- A; ?+ n
The still and solemn power of many sights," W3 F: c2 {: x0 }
And many sounds, and much of life and death.
. I1 F6 f3 ~2 l  N1 Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn the calm darkness of the moonless nights,
/ _. F. _, h" \4 E# H7 w公仔箱論壇In the lone glare of day, the snows descend
5 M! a$ A( a$ i- O公仔箱論壇Upon that mountain; none beholds them there,6 E1 U. {9 l. z! K' E- b' K
Nor when the flakes burn in the sinking sun,
5 d+ A, `7 Y+ ?& v& a, C3 ~9 K1 C& r5.39.217.77:8898Or the star-beams dart through them:-Winds contend5.39.217.77:88983 y. e3 ^- A# @/ k
Silently there, and heap the snow with breath
' G1 `9 U) p. e1 D/ b6 @; BRapid and strong, but silently! Its home/ x8 T# }& O# c- Y7 R* D
The voiceless lightning in these solitudes5 B$ D; \( n* j' o" U( C5 I4 ]# V
Keeps innocently, and like vapor broods5.39.217.77:88985 M# a# x8 u9 ?, p% Q& x3 z
Over the snow. The secret Strength of things' ^9 E+ L" r. u. S( R, f! [
Which governs thought, and to the infinite dome
0 H/ }& O+ ~6 t* h! s/ f: [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOf Heaven is as a law, inhabits thee!
& [) N& Q  v" C, {& U6 E5.39.217.77:8898And what were thou, and earth, and stars, and sea,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; H5 p  F, B' q$ H
If to the human mind's imaginings
' `4 ]3 _8 ^. m/ g5.39.217.77:8898Silence and solitude were vacancy?