...fire creates the possibility of writing the leaves into a very differently conceived model of change: And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as...unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! (11. 65-67) 40. In Francis Berry, Poets' Grammar: Person, Time, and Mood in Poetry (London: Routledge...

...Slightly modifying Shelly's lines in his Ode to the West Wind, the wielder of the mantra would say, And by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my weapons upon mine enemies. Indeed, in ancient lore the following mantra was to be uttered several thousand...

...fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation...prophecy! O, Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? (1820) 334. Political Greatness Nor happiness, nor majesty, nor fame, Nor peace, nor strength,...

...own . . . Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! . . . Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet...prophecy! O, wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Edward's setting was marked Nobilmente 'with the great animation but without hurry'. Its big...

...fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation...prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?•J;f»f/l CHRISTOPHER SMART (1722-1771) For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry. For he is the...

...spring (a figure for future political freedom): Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation...prophecy! O, Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Thoughts themselves become the seeds driven by the wind, now represented as "the incantation...

...fierce, My spirit! Be thou me impctuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this versc, (65) Scatter, äs from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! Be...

...fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth; And, by the incantation...prophecy! O wind, If winter comes, can spring be far behind? from HOLY SONNETS (John Donne, 1572-1631) SONNET 7 At the round earth's imagined corners, blow...

...fierce. My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation...prophecy! O, Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? The poet, having granted the wind agency, pleads to become the wind's agent, its "lyre." Poetry...

...fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation...prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? ( Spirituality and play One other aspect of the Romantic legacy needs briefly exploring, both...