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Rh Our lonely hearts will grudge thee not thy sleep, Who grudged us not thy song.

Born near Horsham, Sussex, August 4, 1792. Drowned in the Bay of Spezzia, July 8, 1822. HENE'ER I hear the wind, I think of thee, O Shelley, bird of most aerial note, Who pouredst kindred songs from thy clear throat, As passion wild, impetuous, and free, As shrill with sudden ecstacies of glee And hoarse with human agonies which smote Thy gentlest heart till it would fain devote Its music unto man's captivity. For thou wouldst have all chains of pride and fear, Which rust the willing spirit where they bind, Dissolved in love, as shadows disappear Before the sun ; to evil unresigned, Urging the nobler discontent we hear In all the restless voices of the wind.