Time Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Time" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, a Romantic poem, explores the transient nature of existence and the inevitability of mortality. Themes of time's relentless passage and the fleeting beauty of life are central. The lyrical meaning reflects on the contrast between human aspirations and the permanence of time. #RomanticPoetry. Released in the early 19th century, it has influenced literature and philosophy, emphasizing the human condition's fragility. Unique elements include vivid imagery and reflective tone.
[Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824.]
Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years,
Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe
Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of mortality,
And sick of prey, yet howling on for more,
Vomitest thy wrecks on its inhospitable shore;
Treacherous in calm, and terrible in storm,
Who shall put forth on thee,
Unfathomable Sea?
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Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years,
Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe
Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of mortality,
And sick of prey, yet howling on for more,
Vomitest thy wrecks on its inhospitable shore;
Treacherous in calm, and terrible in storm,
Who shall put forth on thee,
Unfathomable Sea?
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