Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips
I mute and still, by thee Covered; of thy love, Orb most beautiful
THE EARTH:
I spin beneath my pyramid of night
Which points into the heavens, dreaming delight,
Murmuring victorious joy in my enchanted sleep;
As a youth lulled in love-dreams faintly sighing,
Under the shadow of his beauty lying,
Which round his rest a watch of light and warmth doth
keep.THE MOON:
As in the soft and sweet eclipse,
When soul meets soul on lovers’ lips,
High hearts are calm, and brightest eyes are dull;
So when thy shadow falls on me,
Then am I mute and still, by thee
Covered; of thy love, Orb most beautiful,
Full, oh, too full!
by Percy Bysshe Shelley(4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822)
from Prometheus Unbound
can be found in The Major Works
November 5th, 2009 at 3:43 am
I love Shelley. And that line is one of his best. Thanks for sharing.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:32 am
I’m not someone who reads Shelley for fun, and it still stops me in my tracks. He wasn’t a major Romantic poet for nuthin.
August 31st, 2011 at 2:26 am
I’m having a tattoo of that line, it’s so beautiful
August 31st, 2011 at 3:12 am
Love it.
September 2nd, 2011 at 6:49 am
I have an appt to get that line tattooed today. I have wanted it for a long time and it is beautiful.