Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Holmes , Richard (2005-11-10), Shelley: The Pursuit, HarperPerennial, Retrieved on 2012-01-02
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    02 JAN 2012

     Shelley Sonnet on Ballooning

    Bright ball of flame that thro the gloom of even Silently takes thine ethereal way And with surpassing glory dimmst each ray Twinkling amid the dark blue depth of Heaven; Unlike the Fire thou bearest, soon shalt thou Fade like a meteor in surrounding gloom, Whilst that, unquenchable, is doomed to glow A watch-light by the patriot’s lonely tomb, A ray of courage to the opprest and poor…
    Folksonomies: poetry ballooning
    Folksonomies: poetry ballooning
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    The balloon as a "ray of courage."

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