950. To Shelley by John Banister Tabb. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

950. To Shelley

By John Banister Tabb


AT Shelley’s birth,
The Lark, dawn-spirit, with an anthem loud
Rose from the dusky earth
To tell it to the Cloud,
That, like a flower night-folded in the gloom,	5
Burst into morning bloom.

At Shelley’s death,
The Sea, that deemed him an immortal, saw
A god’s extinguished breath,
And landward, as in awe,	10
Upbore him to the altar whence he came,
And the rekindling flame.