283. The Indian Serenade by Percy Bysshe Shelley
b"PB Shelley read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\n http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n \\n Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n ---------------------------------------------\\n \\n The Indian Serenade\\n by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 \\u2013 1822)\\n \\n Read in memory of Percy Bysshe Shelley, who died of drowning, 8th July 1822.\\n \\n I arise from dreams of thee \\n In the first sweet sleep of night, \\n When the winds are breathing low, \\n And the stars are shining bright. \\n I arise from dreams of thee, \\n And a spirit in my feet \\n Hath led me\\u2014who knows how? \\n To thy chamber window, Sweet! \\n \\n The wandering airs they faint \\n On the dark, the silent stream\\u2014 \\n And the champak's odours fail\\n Like sweet thoughts in a dream; \\n The nightingale's complaint, \\n It dies upon her heart, \\n As I must on thine, \\n O belov\\xe8d as thou art! \\n \\n O lift me from the grass! \\n I die! I faint! I fail! \\n Let thy love in kisses rain \\n On my lips and eyelids pale. \\n My cheek is cold and white, alas! \\n My heart beats loud and fast: \\n O press it to thine own again, \\n Where it will break at last!\\n \\n For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n \\n Reading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"