Mont Blanc, France ~ 19P

Mont Blanc

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

(Lines written in the Vale of Chamouni)

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The everlasting universe of things; j3 g; n! I# j$ C
Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves,
* J+ t2 _9 u7 _$ f2 j+ S$ ~% CNow dark - now glittering - now reflecting gloom -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。! U5 ~$ U; l0 T! o# J- O% d
Now lending splendor, where from secret springsTVBNOW 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$ K& n7 P" e/ s
The source of human thought its tribute brings7 i, }# x1 d' y
Of waters, - with a sound but half its own,
4 P! K8 t' G$ M) d) d0 y公仔箱論壇Such as a feeble brook will oft assume
& G" G. q8 i! z& X! @' u. ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn the wild woods, amon the mountains lone,
0 Y& s8 `2 Q8 M1 {+ H" L$ fWhere waterfalls around it leap for ever,
9 w) y. b% [% ?) U$ E- {+ A, VWhere woods and winds contend, and a vast river公仔箱論壇& d# m5 I! m" `5 y! q- d
Over its rocks ceaselessly bursts and raves.

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Thus thou, Ravine of Arve - dark, deep Ravine-
  p/ ~7 R  @4 D9 i+ K# j6 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThou many-colored, many voiced vale,
! A; W6 j2 L' |' EOver whose pines, and crags, and caverns sail
% u9 s6 f- N( wTVBNOW 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。Fast cloud-shadows and sunbeams: awful scene,
3 a; m, X: T. M. XTVBNOW 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。Where Power in likeness of the Arve comes down0 _5 ]& ?) [3 I# L# s
From the ice-gulfs that gird his secret throne,8 v" w3 x3 |" j% Q8 O, G
Bursting through these dark mountains like the flame
$ q5 p/ B+ ?- ^: B# M' o5.39.217.76Of lightning through the tempest; -thou dost lie,公仔箱論壇: z2 }4 j% s5 V' u
Thy giant brood of pines around thee clinging,4 Z( D/ G' U9 L: r1 Q& l
Children of elder time, in whose devotion
  c. w+ }& w( aThe chainless winds still come and ever came
! _. C, ~5 j  v7 R9 H2 {To drink their odors, and their mighty swinging
( {1 M( z/ ~. W3 k, }! D+ _5.39.217.76To hear - an old and solemn harmony;) x# h% {1 U0 w* x" [: `
Thine earthly rainbows stretched across the sweep$ d2 U& x+ Z! a" A9 N9 o. v
Of the ethereal waterfall, whose veil/ r5 n, p' J; C# u# F
Robes some unsculptured image; the strange sleep" @9 |3 i# F/ e1 `% [( \2 }; q
Which when the voices of the desert fail
! ~  U# u: Y0 n. f4 @公仔箱論壇Wraps all in its own deep eternity;-
& F( ^2 X" R! d6 u* A1 s0 BThy caverns echoing to the Arve's commotion,
7 U1 m/ G" H7 w! A5 Z: m5 u1 R5 {$ A0 }A loud, lone sound no other sound can tame;
- L, i+ \( B* O. LThou art pervaded with that ceaseless motion,
! q+ R% r% E2 d( x- YThou art the path of that unresting sound-
5 l* I# X( o' t  y$ P0 P公仔箱論壇Dizzy Ravine! and when I gaze on thee公仔箱論壇; f9 ^* `) P/ d, H. W
I seem as in a trance sublime and strange
+ t: m0 g2 k+ `; P, H' oTVBNOW 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。To muse on my own separate fantasy,
6 U% @8 [* ?5 R; L) S4 D: K9 h公仔箱論壇My own, my human mind, which passively0 f; Z; d8 _0 \0 L0 E
Now renders and receives fast influencings,
+ P$ s( m" ]( Z/ v公仔箱論壇Holding an unremitting interchange5.39.217.760 c) }$ i. N6 `3 W6 ~  m) L
With the clear universe of things around;
' }/ W1 y) K4 R' J& etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOne legion of wild thoughts, whose wandering wings
% @( f1 F! e$ \2 Z+ x5.39.217.76Now float above thy darkness, and now rest, l) I! P$ q+ _3 s
Where that or thou art no unbidden guest,5.39.217.76. V3 b" B$ B/ A3 ~: g; i: N
In the still cave of the witch Poesy,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。# Q$ A# x1 @( ?
Seeking among the shadows that pass by公仔箱論壇( I7 V" c8 b" y6 X1 k# N) M
Ghosts of all things that are, some shade of thee,
" @9 B6 @5 a: j% Z2 Y8 C& ]) F$ etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSome phantom, some faint image; till the breast
' z5 {$ d) ]* h. D/ @4 H5.39.217.76From which they fled recalls them, thou art there!

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Some say that gleams of a remoter world5.39.217.76* E& I" k, {# V; |$ b% `
Visit the soul in sleep,-that death is slumber,8 x" |: g* \. @; {) h+ E
And that its shapes the busy thoughts outnumber" u" A7 s) m% i% |
Of those who wake and live. -I look on high;
5 w* [& l' X: l% A; A4 U5.39.217.76Has some unknown omnipotence unfurled5.39.217.762 G- E1 ?" s; t3 Y4 I
The veil of life and death? or do I lie5.39.217.766 R: w6 y: y6 ~
In dream, and does the mightier world of sleep
; H8 ~8 G7 I% \7 D6 y8 ISpread far and round and inaccessibly5.39.217.76; O2 V  g6 H9 H: H: H
Its circles? For the very spirit fails,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: K4 m" J8 r; m, O8 Q% `$ v5 D
Driven like a homeless cloud from steep to steep$ I9 b* m; r; s2 `8 I' D
That vanishes amon the viewless gales!
( Z& d! {; u* i2 U' N7 m; u3 e公仔箱論壇Far, far above, piercing the infinite sky,
0 w( n4 K4 n; G: aTVBNOW 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。Mont Blanc appears,-still snowy and serene-* F( a! C; s$ o0 T& t+ G) [
Its subject mountains their unearthly forms
" n' V! S+ f% bTVBNOW 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。Pile around it, ice and rock; broad vales between5.39.217.76) ~0 |. `! f, _- g2 Y5 k! s& ]
Of frozen floods, unfathomable deeps,9 f0 t; C# @$ b) e& Z
Blue as the overhanging heaven, that spread
* H, S" O; E- D% JAnd wind among the accumulated steeps;
) w, b$ H9 q9 b" D- ^; aA desert peopled by the storms alone,
. O% v  V/ Y- bSave when the eagle brings some hunter's bone,, z3 ]/ A. m- c# r
And the wolf tracks her there - how hideously
2 c) M9 q6 R7 j+ A/ eIts shapes are heaped around! rude, bare, and high,
1 B. S8 }& y1 P, O" J5.39.217.76Ghastly, and scarred, and riven. -Is this the scene
+ A, u) ]+ n/ K" h4 w/ ATVBNOW 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。Where the old Earthquake-demon taught her young
$ O7 e) h& F% P* ]4 j% oRuin? Were these their toys? or did a seatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* W; h5 n  V. b8 q0 l
Of fire envelop once this silent snow?
) b' U: B1 [& a/ R3 ^3 oNone can reply - all seems eternal now.
8 M" P5 P- y2 U. [# p& v. C5.39.217.76The wilderness has a mysterious tongue
# F: _) P7 W- r, i: ~. p公仔箱論壇Which teaches awful doubt, or faith so mild,
- s! H; h/ C! b9 ?8 @So solemn, so serene, that man may be,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 ~. |! c# O5 i! p
But for such faith, with nature reconciled;
- b; K. x$ J4 U- \: _+ e5.39.217.76Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal
, j- Z9 t8 [6 Y2 ^" I% ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLarge 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。! c+ |, Q/ g8 I( [' ?
By all, but which the wise, and great, and good
. T9 p( D% y, }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。Interpret, or make felt, or deeply feel.

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The fields, the lakes, the forests, and the streams,
$ x0 @' Q' K" B: T0 G9 p4 G# L5.39.217.76Ocean, and all the living things that dwell
3 g: W+ H$ G$ s$ m% dTVBNOW 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。Within the daedal earth; lightning, and rain,公仔箱論壇) j9 ]; g5 P+ [9 |% Z/ ~' S9 }
Earthquake, and fiery flood, and hurricane,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 U( {3 c0 W( d" A' J0 q; [
The torpor of the year when feeble dreams
! T- L+ X  n3 F+ O. |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbVisit the hidden buds, or dreamless sleep2 d, v1 p# }" w
Holds every future leaf and flower; -the bound: m3 ]. ], M5 _) w8 J& ]
With which from that detested trance they leap;
% e$ b# V3 b7 ?1 Z) T% ^9 C公仔箱論壇The works and ways of man, their death and birth,公仔箱論壇2 [8 W7 x( K5 w) F# G
And that of him, and all that his may be;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。/ u% |$ _: L9 v) j9 ]
All things that move and breathe with toil and sound& d4 O* c& o: U% b' y' O4 f
Are born and die; revolve, subside, and swell.
( t9 k( `" N/ e4 l; D公仔箱論壇Power dwells apart in its tranquility,
2 l; g' n1 Q7 _! qRemote, serene, and inaccessible:tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 V+ v9 w3 d6 P
And this, the naked countenance of earth,% a3 A8 k+ W2 ^5 c# s# i" Z( b
On which I gaze, even these primeval mountains
; ?# l$ z0 _( s, r2 `/ b9 M+ R5.39.217.76Teach the adverting mind. The glaciers creep
; X# O* B- k5 V1 \) T  [, d5.39.217.76Like snakes that watch their prey, from their far fountains,
# A' B( r$ m4 W& t5.39.217.76Slow 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。" y4 a5 \$ R/ T* {& r% |' Q
Frost and the Sun in scorn of mortal power
  M% H& J- m6 i. c6 S: u$ J公仔箱論壇Have piled: dome, pyramid, and pinnacle,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 z2 _8 [" A& U2 m$ Z" x, ?
A city of death, distinct with many a tower$ e$ F, A4 p' x+ L; [0 D
And wall impregnable of beaming ice.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。2 i# h5 u5 s8 f7 v/ P' z" Z: @& s+ _
Yet not a city, but a flood of ruin6 ~7 o/ P' u& A4 }
Is there, that from the boundaries of the sky
: o1 Z$ m+ {8 I: ~  v( W0 I$ E5.39.217.76Rolls its perpetual stream; vast pines are strewing
- Z  X7 ^- b- i; V/ a3 M) ~& b5 \Its destined path, or in the mangled soil1 H9 ^2 D1 i( g' r) ]. X8 u
Branchless and shattered stand; the rocks, drawn downTVBNOW 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。3 l- X% t% ^: @: H2 A2 [
From yon remotest waste, have overthrownTVBNOW 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。. r, W2 y  I' {: n9 e: J
The limits of the dead and living world,
8 _7 Q/ W. G( R0 FNever to be reclaimed. The dwelling-place. F! e& N0 _4 x9 B; g. x% A6 g7 Z
Of insects, beasts, and birds, becomes its spoil
  ~- w! `8 T* ~; h% vTVBNOW 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。Their food and their retreat for ever gone,5.39.217.76, A$ ~+ L  A5 O% e! L4 J
So much of life and joy is lost. The race
) E1 j0 M$ {! o- Q; p5.39.217.76Of man flies far in dread; his work and dwelling
! @' I( c3 X1 ]7 BVanish, 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。* {; B2 i7 x1 |8 C8 H; E5 k8 N
And their place is not known. Below, vast caves5.39.217.762 I! G+ z5 L: Y5 F: k; _
Shine in the rushing torrents' restless gleam,
4 ^+ Y$ f  h: ~: J4 n, HWhich from those secret chasms in tumult wellingtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; w6 ~. c' L  V5 S' [* k) K) @
Meet in the vale, and one majestic River,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 C- p# x9 F! e2 I
The breath and blood of distant lands , for ever
8 M3 e7 ~( d$ Z3 c% c8 NRolls its loud waters to the ocean-waves,  _  [! i. S2 r, d
Breathes its swift vapors to the circling air.

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Mont Blanc yet gleams on high:-the power is there,9 w$ G: m; G: N! x- q
The still and solemn power of many sights,
' C7 k7 F5 ^. _, [+ V; _8 E" R6 z5.39.217.76And many sounds, and much of life and death.& r- u0 @0 T  `' c8 S! Z# B' B
In the calm darkness of the moonless nights,; d3 G/ \# K3 w# }( G1 y8 z% R
In the lone glare of day, the snows descend
3 s6 ^9 w3 @0 h- UTVBNOW 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。Upon that mountain; none beholds them there,8 e$ T1 n/ Z. `& X
Nor when the flakes burn in the sinking sun,% N9 D* o# f  f4 ~% |, P1 h6 _9 z
Or the star-beams dart through them:-Winds contend
# N! v, R0 [5 W5 C8 S5.39.217.76Silently there, and heap the snow with breath5.39.217.76" n, B* {6 t. I, @+ L& {$ V
Rapid and strong, but silently! Its home
& }5 H( c( N. V. I! Z1 W& R! v: x公仔箱論壇The voiceless lightning in these solitudes+ g( P! k8 K& X$ a
Keeps innocently, and like vapor broodsTVBNOW 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。  X' s9 j3 s, i1 N6 Y1 ?
Over the snow. The secret Strength of things
6 _6 H5 |3 ?( S1 l( e; _3 eTVBNOW 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。Which governs thought, and to the infinite dome  f! a* H1 Y$ ^+ r  r
Of Heaven is as a law, inhabits 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。# }+ `- Y1 n9 E
And what were thou, and earth, and stars, and sea,5.39.217.762 S! A6 t) Y. l, q6 o* W" L* ~
If to the human mind's imaginings公仔箱論壇+ `7 t, F" G! c! g3 K
Silence and solitude were vacancy?