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Poem
November 24, 1824
Massachusetts Spy And Worcester Advertiser
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Introductory note praises Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem 'TIME' for its Miltonic style and pathos, noting his death by drowning. The poem personifies Time as an unfathomable, treacherous sea of human tears and mortality.
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There is something quite Miltonic, both in the thought and expression of the following; and its pathetic grandeur is heightened by the reflection, that the gifted author, (Percy Bysshe Shelley) was a victim to that Ocean from which he takes his simile.
TIME.
Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years;
Ocean of time, whose waters of deep woe
Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of mortality!
And, sick of prey, yet howling on for more,
Vomitest thy wrecks on its inhospitable shore,
Treacherous in calm and terrible in storm—
Who shall put forth on thee,
Unfathomable Sea!
TIME.
Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years;
Ocean of time, whose waters of deep woe
Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of mortality!
And, sick of prey, yet howling on for more,
Vomitest thy wrecks on its inhospitable shore,
Treacherous in calm and terrible in storm—
Who shall put forth on thee,
Unfathomable Sea!
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Time
Ocean Simile
Mortality
Human Tears
Shelley Poem
What entities or persons were involved?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poem Details
Title
Time.
Author
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Key Lines
Unfathomable Sea! Whose Waves Are Years;
Ocean Of Time, Whose Waters Of Deep Woe
Are Brackish With The Salt Of Human Tears!
Who Shall Put Forth On Thee,
Unfathomable Sea!