The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (ed. Hutchinson, 1914)/Song of Proserpine
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SONG OF PROSERPINE
WHILE GATHERING FLOWERS ON THE PLAIN OF ENNA
[Published by Mrs. Shelley, P. W., 1839, 1st ed. There is a fair draft amongst the Shelley MSS. at the Bodleian Library. See Mr. C. D. Locock's Examination, &c., 1903, p. 24.]
I
Sacred Goddess, Mother Earth,
Thou from whose immortal bosom
Gods, and men, and beasts have birth,
Leaf and blade, and bud and blossom,
Breathe thine influence most divine5
On thine own child, Proserpine.
Sacred Goddess, Mother Earth,
Thou from whose immortal bosom
Gods, and men, and beasts have birth,
Leaf and blade, and bud and blossom,
Breathe thine influence most divine5
On thine own child, Proserpine.
II
If with mists of evening dew
Thou dost nourish these young flowers
Till they grow, in scent and hue,
Fairest children of the Hours,10
Breathe thine influence most divine
On thine own child, Proserpine.
If with mists of evening dew
Thou dost nourish these young flowers
Till they grow, in scent and hue,
Fairest children of the Hours,10
Breathe thine influence most divine
On thine own child, Proserpine.