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... Earth and ocean, Space, and the isles of life or light that gem The sapphire floods of interstellar air, This firmament pavilioned upon chaos, With all its cressets of immortal fire.
... Earth and ocean, Space, and the isles of life or light that gem The sapphire floods of interstellar air, This firmament pavilioned upon chaos, With all its cressets of immortal fire.
Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- 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 361 · printed citation: Shelley (Hellas). · compiler notes excluded
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