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Behold the Nereïds under the green sea, Their wavering limbs borne on the wind-like stream, Their white arms lifted o’er their streaming hair With garlands pied and starry sea-flower crowns, Hastening to grace their mighty sister’s joy.
Behold the Nereïds under the green sea, Their wavering limbs borne on the wind-like stream, Their white arms lifted o’er their streaming hair With garlands pied and starry sea-flower crowns, Hastening to grace their mighty sister’s joy.
Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- Percy Bysshe Shelley
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- Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 85 · printed citation: Shelley (Prometheus Unbound). · compiler notes excluded
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