The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelleyby Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fragment: 'Unrisen Splendour o...

Fragment: To the Mind of Man

Fragment: Pater Omnipotens

Edited from manuscript Shelley E 4 in the Bodleian Library, and published by Mr. C.D. Locock, "Examination" etc., Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1903. Here placed conjecturally amongst the compositions of 1820, but of uncertain date, and belonging possibly to 1819 or a still earlier year.

Serene in his unconquerable might
Endued[,] the Almighty King, his steadfast throne
Encompassed unapproachably with power
And darkness and deep solitude an awe
Stood like a black cloud on some aery cliff 
Embosoming its lightning—in his sight
Unnumbered glorious spirits trembling stood
Like slaves before their Lord—prostrate around
Heaven's multitudes hymned everlasting praise.

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Fragment: 'Unrisen Splendour o...

Fragment: To the Mind of Man