From To a Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley
b"Shelley read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.podomatic.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nfrom To a Skylark \\nby 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 \\nIn 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, \\nAnd 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, \\nLike an unbodied joy whose race is just begun."