Crystal Arts &amp; Health

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-heart-ailments-a306407

Wiccan Symbols, Spells And Rituals: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/90540.aspx

Wiccan Prayers http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/94544.aspx

Pagan Symbols & Meanings: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/95295.aspx

Lunar Crystals

The moon represents emotion and powerful instincts, patterns, ancestral and karmic inheritances. For all moon signs it is recommended to meditate with a bloodstone at the full moon to uncover hidden unfulfilled desires that are controlling your life.

It is possible to reprogram patterns of behavior and facilitate healthy sources of nurturing.

The Zodiac Ascendant is the mask of our personality.

Virgo Ascendant

Sense of responsibility, love of truth, analytical, harmony, detached, flexible, organizational skills.

Blue Tourmaline – inspires compassion, tolerance, disperses negative thought patterns, facilitates creative solutions and speaking out when necessary.

Herbalism

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-cancer-a306056

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-depression-a297793

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-headaches-and-migraines-a297763

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-pregnancy-and-childbirth-a297020

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-fertility-and-menopause-a296647

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-the-digestion-system-a294272

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-sensuality-and-reproductive-systems-a293986

http://herbalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/herbal-remedies-for-frostbite-and-poor-circulation

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-stress-and-sleep-a274726

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-hayfever-and-colds-a274380

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-dandruff-and-eczema-a291431

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-arthritis-and-rheumatism-a292050

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-flu-and-viruses-a292081

http://hatha-yoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/yoga-practice-routine-for-office-workers

Borage (Borago officinalis)

Reduces fever, coughs, sore throats, colds, decongestant for the lungs, expel poisons due to insect stings, itch, ringworms, scabs, sores, ulcers, a gargle for sores in the mouth and throat, loosens phlegm, used to restore vitality after illness. Externally, a poultice of leaves applied to inflamed swellings. Used in bath bombs to nurture skin.

"These are the things I know: You always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder, plant rosemary at your gate, keep lavender for luck and fall in love whenever possible." ~Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

Yoga

The two forces of mind and prana maintain the rhythm of life and consciousness. Everything in the universe is evolving. Matter in its ultimate form is energy. The goal of yoga is to turn the body into solid energy. – Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Uttankoormasana (stretching tortoise pose)

This asana should be performed on a blanket to protect the protruding back vertebrae.

Benefits:

Tones the nervous system, induces relaxation
Beneficial to people who suffer nervous disorders, are easily angered.
Regulates the adrenal glands, stimulates digestion, appetite.

Lie in shavasana. Bring knees up to the chest and do padmasana.
Push the right arm between the right calf muscle and thigh, up past the elbow, and the left arm between the left calf muscle and thigh, up past the elbow. This is also called garbhasana, the embryo pose.
In the final position breath will be shallow because the stomach and lungs are pressed tightly.
To come out of the position, first unclasp the hands, then unfold the legs and lie flat in shavasana for a few minutes.

Poetry

John Donne

Sonnet X “Death, be not proud”

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

Might and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow
Die, not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me,
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure – then, form thee much more must flow;
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones and soul’s delivery.
Thou’rt slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war and sickness dwell;
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well,
And better than thy stroke, Why swell’st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally.
And death shall be no more. Death, thou shalt die.

http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-plan-a-victorian-christmas-a274324

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Vocal training

http://musicaltheatre.suite101.com/article.cfm/vocal-training-posture-and-warm-ups-key-to-best-performance

Cara E. Moore http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_487603?autoPlay=true

Al Stewart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6UVbz4QL4A

Year of the Cat

Al Stewart & Peter Wood

On a morning from a Bogart movie

In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime

She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running

Like a watercolour in the rain
Don't bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat

She doesn't give you time for questions

As she locks up your arm in hers
And you follow 'till your sense of which direction
Completely disappears

By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
There's a hidden door she leads you to
These days, she says, I feel my life
Just like a river running through
The year of the cat

Well, she looks at you so cooly

And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
She comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her, to find what's waiting inside
The year of the cat

Well, morning comes and you're still with her

And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you've thrown away the choice and lost your ticket
So you have to stay on

But the drum-beat strains of the night remain

In the rhythm of the new-born day
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay
In the year of the cat

Saturday 20 November 2010

Crystal Arts And Health

Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts And Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4

New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

Crystal Healing

http://www.suite101.com/content/recycled-glass-art-a297478

New squidoo lens about crystal healing and the chakra system http://www.squidoo.com/crystalartsandhealth
Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Yule: Celtic Festival of Rebirth and Light http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/79323.aspx

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-heart-ailments-a306407

Wiccan Symbols, Spells And Rituals: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/90540.aspx

Wiccan Prayers http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/94544.aspx

Pagan Symbols & Meanings: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/95295.aspx

Lunar Crystals

It is possible to reprogram patterns of behavior and facilitate healthy sources of nurturing.

The Zodiac Ascendant is the mask of our personality.

Leo Ascendant

Warm, generous, born performer.

Citrine brings out benevolence, increases wealth, openness to new experiences, energizes, attracts helpful friends and mentors. Enhances self-esteem, self-confidence, positive attitude, magnifies joy.

Herbalism

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-cancer-a306056

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-depression-a297793

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-headaches-and-migraines-a297763

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-pregnancy-and-childbirth-a297020

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-fertility-and-menopause-a296647

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-the-digestion-system-a294272

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-sensuality-and-reproductive-systems-a293986

http://herbalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/herbal-remedies-for-frostbite-and-poor-circulation

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-stress-and-sleep-a274726

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-hayfever-and-colds-a274380

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-dandruff-and-eczema-a291431

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-arthritis-and-rheumatism-a292050

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-flu-and-viruses-a292081

http://hatha-yoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/yoga-practice-routine-for-office-workers

Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) Used as a Diaphoretic, Febrifuge, Laxative, Stomachic, Stimulates appetite, anti-spasmodic, relaxes mucous membranes. Hepatic. Eases fevers, muscle aches of the flu; promotes sweating. Used in treatment of muscular rheumatism. Caution: Is toxic in large doses or if taken over a long period of time. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of dried herb, infuse 10 -15 minutes. During fevers, flu, drink every half hour.

Yoga

Natarajasana, Dancer's Pose

Benefits

Stretches Upper Body
Develops Balance

Stand with body facing straight ahead. Bend the right knee, lifting the foot until it is close to the buttock.
Grasp the ankle with the right hand. Hold the position. Inhale as you stretch the left arm up.
With the elbow straight, bring the arm alongside the left ear. Keep the eyes focused on the point in front of you to remain balance. Without releasing the hold on the ankle slowly begin to shift the line of the body breathing normally.
Stretch the right foot away from the buttock. Straighten and lift the right knee until the right thigh is parallel to the ground. Focus the eyes on the point on the floor just in front of the body.
Keep the left arm alongside the ear and slowly shift the weight forwards until the chest and arm are parallel to the ground. Hold this position.
Release and practice on the other side.

Poetry

The Bridge

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I stood on the bridge at midnight,

As the clocks were striking the hour,

And the moon rose o'er the city,

Behind the dark church-tower.

I saw her bright reflection

In the waters under me,

Like a golden goblet falling

And sinking into the sea.

And far in the hazy distance

Of that lovely night in June,

The blaze of the flaming furnace

Gleamed redder than the moon.

Among the long, black rafters

The wavering shadows lay,

And the current that came from the ocean

Seemed to lift and bear them away;

As, sweeping and eddying through them,

Rose the belated tide,

And, streaming into the moonlight,

The seaweed floated wide.

And like those waters rushing
Among the wooden piers,
A flood of thoughts came o'er me
That filled my eyes with tears.

How often, oh, how often,
In the days that had gone by,
I had stood on that bridge at midnight
And gazed on that wave and sky!

How often, oh, how often,
I had wished that the ebbing tide
Would bear me away on its bosom
O'er the ocean wild and wide!

For my heart was hot and restless,
And my life was full of care,
And the burden laid upon me
Seemed greater than I could bear.

But now it has fallen from me,
It is buried in the sea;
And only the sorrow of others
Throws its shadow over me

Yet whenever I cross the river
On its bridge with wooden piers,
Like the odor of brine from the ocean
Comes the thought of other years.

And I think how many thousands
Of care-encumbered men,
Each bearing his burden of sorrow,
Have crossed the bridge since then.

I see the long procession
Still passing to and fro,
The young heart hot and restless,
And the old subdued and slow!

And forever and forever,
As long as the river flows,
As long as the heart has passions,
As long as life has woes;

The moon and its broken reflection
And its shadows shall appear,
As the symbol of love in heaven,
And its wavering image here.

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-plan-a-victorian-christmas-a274324

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Vocal training

http://musicaltheatre.suite101.com/article.cfm/vocal-training-posture-and-warm-ups-key-to-best-performance

Cara E. Moore http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_487603?autoPlay=true

Tanya Tucker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxRYMiitmho

Delta Dawn

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on,

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today,

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby".

An' all the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy,

'Cause she walks around town with a suitcase in her hand,

Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn.

Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on.

Then a man of low degree stood by her side,

And promised her he'd take her for his bride.

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on,

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today,

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

(X4)

Saturday 13 November 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

Crystal Healing

http://www.suite101.com/content/recycled-glass-art-a297478

New squidoo lens about crystal healing and the chakra system http://www.squidoo.com/crystalartsandhealth

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Yule: Celtic Festival of Rebirth and Light http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/79323.aspx

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-heart-ailments-a306407

Wiccan Symbols, Spells And Rituals: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/90540.aspx

Wiccan Prayers http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/94544.aspx

Lunar Crystals

It is possible to reprogram patterns of behavior and facilitate healthy sources of nurturing.

The Zodiac Ascendant is the mask of our personality.

Cancer Ascendant

Ambitious, tough front that hides inner vulnerable side. Nurturing, home-orientated. Sensitive, compassionate.

Moonstone allows showing of inner emotions in safety, provides comfort. Used on solar plexus to let go of the past.

Herbalism

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-cancer-a306056

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-depression-a297793

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-headaches-and-migraines-a297763

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-pregnancy-and-childbirth-a297020

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-fertility-and-menopause-a296647

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-the-digestion-system-a294272

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-sensuality-and-reproductive-systems-a293986

http://herbalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/herbal-remedies-for-frostbite-and-poor-circulation

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-stress-and-sleep-a274726

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-hayfever-and-colds-a274380

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-dandruff-and-eczema-a291431

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-arthritis-and-rheumatism-a292050

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-flu-and-viruses-a292081

http://hatha-yoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/yoga-practice-routine-for-office-workers

Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) Uterine tonic, emmenagogue, anti-spasmodic, anti-rheumatic. Used in pregnancy when threat of miscarriage, eases false labour pains, Use just before birth, ensures an easy delivery. Used to bring on suppressed menstruation, anti-spasmodic for colic, Asthma, nervous coughs, eases rheumatic pain. Dosage: Put 1 tsp dried root in a cup of water, bring to boil, simmer 10 minutes drink x 3 a day.

Yoga

Dhanurasana (bow pose)

Regulates digestive, eliminatory and reproductive organs.
Massages the liver and pancreas, use for yogic management of diabetes.
Stimulates the kidneys and alimentary canal.
Useful in treatment of various chest ailments.
Stimulates and regulates the endocrine glands and induces production of cortisone.
Adjusts the vertebral column, straightens a hunched back and dropped shoulders.
Useful for treating rheumatism.
Helps regulate the menstral cycle and corrects female infertility.

Lie flat on the stomach with the forehead resting on the floor.
Bend the knees and hold both ankles.
Separate the knees.
Inhale while slightly raising the knees, head and chest at the same time pull the feet away from the hands and upwards. The whole body should move simultaneously into the posture.
Exhale whole lowering the body and relaxing on the floor.

Poetry

Robert Frost

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/frost/robert.html

Mending Wall

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,

That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
I let my neighbour know beyond the hill;
And on a day we meet to walk the line

And set the wall between us once again.

We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side. It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours."
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
"Why do they make good neighbours? Isn't it
Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down." I could say "Elves" to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself. I see him there
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, "Good fences make good neighbours."

by Robert Frost

http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-plan-a-victorian-christmas-a274324

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Vocal training

http://musicaltheatre.suite101.com/article.cfm/vocal-training-posture-and-warm-ups-key-to-best-performance

Cara E. Moore http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_487603?autoPlay=true

Nicole Kidman, Robbie Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nmz6RX9gUQ

Something Stupid

I know I stand in line

Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me

Then afterwards we drop

into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes

That you despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before

I practice every day

to find some clever
lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I'll wait
until the evening
gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right

Your perfume fills my head

The stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you
I love you...

Saturday 6 November 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

Crystal Healing

http://www.suite101.com/content/recycled-glass-art-a297478

New squidoo lens about crystal healing and the chakra system http://www.squidoo.com/crystalartsandhealth

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Yule: Celtic Festival of Rebirth and Light http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/79323.aspx

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-depression-a297793

Wiccan Symbols, Spells And Rituals: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/90540.aspx

Lunar Crystals

It is possible to reprogram patterns of behavior and facilitate healthy sources of nurturing.

The Zodiac Ascendant is the mask of our personality.

Gemini Ascendant – Fixer, Salesperson, multifaceted, curious, jack of all trades. Adapt to situations and make the best of them.

Kyanite helps reach to the core of being, promotes spiritual maturation and personal integrity.

Herbalism

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-headaches-and-migraines-a297763

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-pregnancy-and-childbirth-a297020

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-fertility-and-menopause-a296647

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-the-digestion-system-a294272

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-sensuality-and-reproductive-systems-a293986

http://herbalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/herbal-remedies-for-frostbite-and-poor-circulation

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-stress-and-sleep-a274726

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-hayfever-and-colds-a274380

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-dandruff-and-eczema-a291431

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-arthritis-and-rheumatism-a292050

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-flu-and-viruses-a292081

http://hatha-yoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/yoga-practice-routine-for-office-workers

Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculous) Anti-hypothyroid, anti-rheumatic. Used in treatment of underactive thyroid glands and goitre. Helpful in reducing weight. Provides relief for rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, internally, and externally when applied to inflamed joints. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 2-3 tsp of dried herb, steep 10 minutes, drink x 3 a day.

Yoga

Bhadrasana (Gracious Pose)

Tones and alleviates symptoms in the reproductive organs

Sit in vajrasana and separate knees wide as possible.
Place the heals underneath the scrotum or sides of the vagina. Heels of the feet are kept together and the balls of the feet are under the buttocks.
When the sitting position is accomplished, hold the toes from behind the back and make the body steady.
Close the eyes and concentrate on the breath, a given symbol or mantra.

Poetry

Percy Shelley

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/shelley/percy.html

Ode to the West Wind

O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,

Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,

Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,

Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou,
Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed

The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,

Each like a corpse within its grave, until
Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow

Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill

(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)
With living hues and odours plain and hill:

Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;

Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh hear!

Thou on whose stream, mid the steep sky's commotion,

Loose clouds like earth's decaying leaves are shed,
Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean,

Angels of rain and lightning: there are spread

On the blue surface of thine aëry surge,
Like the bright hair uplifted from the head

Of some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge

Of the horizon to the zenith's height,
The locks of the approaching storm. Thou dirge

Of the dying year, to which this closing night

Will be the dome of a vast sepulchre,
Vaulted with all thy congregated might

Of vapours, from whose solid atmosphere

Black rain, and fire, and hail will burst: oh hear!

Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams

The blue Mediterranean, where he lay,
Lull'd by the coil of his crystàlline streams,

Beside a pumice isle in Baiae's bay,

And saw in sleep old palaces and towers
Quivering within the wave's intenser day,

All overgrown with azure moss and flowers

So sweet, the sense faints picturing them! Thou
For whose path the Atlantic's level powers

Cleave themselves into chasms, while far below

The sea-blooms and the oozy woods which wear
The sapless foliage of the ocean, know

Thy voice, and suddenly grow gray with fear,

And tremble and despoil themselves: oh hear!

If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear;

If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee;
A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share

The impulse of thy strength, only less free

Than thou, O uncontrollable! If even
I were as in my boyhood, and could be

The comrade of thy wanderings over Heaven,

As then, when to outstrip thy skiey speed
Scarce seem'd a vision; I would ne'er have striven

As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need.

Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!
I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!

A heavy weight of hours has chain'd and bow'd

One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud.

Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is:

What if my leaves are falling like its own!
The tumult of thy mighty harmonies

Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone,

Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce,
My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one!

Drive my dead thoughts over the universe

Like wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth!
And, by the incantation of this verse,

Scatter, as from an unextinguish'd hearth

Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
Be through my lips to unawaken'd earth

The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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