Nature

O That a Chariot of Cloud Were Mine

by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792–1822

From Poems of 1817

Nature

O that a chariot of cloud were mine!
Of cloud which the wild tempest weaves in air,
When the moon over the ocean’s line
Is spreading the locks of her bright gray hair.
O that a chariot of cloud were mine!
I would sail on the waves of the billowy wind
To the mountain peak and the rocky lake,
And the...

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “O That a Chariot of Cloud Were Mine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/16/.

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