309. From To a Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley
b"PB Shelley read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\n http://classicpoetryaloud.podomatic.com/\\n \\n Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n ---------------------------------------------------\\n \\n from To a Skylark \\n by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792\\u20131822)\\n \\n Hail to thee, blithe spirit! \\n Bird thou never wert\\u2014 \\n That from heaven or near it \\n Pourest thy full heart \\n In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. \\n \\n Higher still and higher \\n From the earth thou springest, \\n Like a cloud of fire; \\n The blue deep thou wingest, \\n And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. \\n \\n In the golden light'ning \\n Of the sunken sun, \\n O'er which clouds are bright'ning, \\n Thou dost float and run, \\n Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun. \\n \\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 21 August 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"