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Fragment: Milton's Spirit

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

I dreamed that Milton's spirit rose, and took

From life's green tree his Uranian lute;

And from his touch sweet thunder flowed, and shook

All human things built in contempt of man,--

And sanguine thrones and impious altars quaked,

Prisons and citadels...

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About this poem

First line
I dreamed that Milton's spirit rose, and took
Poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Themes
nature, love, hope, faith

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