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My soul is an enchanted boat, Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float Upon the silver… — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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My soul is an enchanted boat, Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Prometheus Unbound · 1820
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Prometheus Unbound." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, act 2, sc. 5.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Prometheus Unbound." Prometheus Unbound: A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts with Other Poems. London: Charles and James Ollier, 1820, act 2, sc. 5.

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