Fragment: Milton's Spirit

Percy Bysshe ShelleyInspired

I dreamed that Milton's spirit rose, and took From life's green tree his Uranian lute; And from his touch sweet thunder flowed, and shook All human things built in contempt of man,-- And sanguine thrones and impious altars quaked, Prisons and citadels...

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Mood:: Inspired
Topics:: poetry, music, dream, spirit, power

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Shelley, a fierce critic of political and religious oppression, dreams that the revolutionary spirit of John Milton rises and takes a lute from the tree of life—a heavenly instrument.

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