Lyric Poem · Life
Cancelled Passage of the Ode to Liberty
Within a cavern of man's trackless spirit
Is throned an Image, so intensely fair
That the adventurous thoughts that wander near it
Worship, and as they kneel, tremble and wear
The splendour of its presence, and the light
Penetrates their dreamlike frame
Till they become charged with the strength of flame.
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“Cancelled Passage of the Ode to Liberty” by Percy Bysshe Shelley — quilloak.com/poems/cancelled-passage-of-the-ode-to-liberty
Quick facts
- Poem
- Cancelled Passage of the Ode to Liberty
- Poet
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Length
- 7 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Life, Short
Text, source & rights
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- Author record
- Percy Bysshe Shelley1792–1822
- Source record
- PoetryDBCancelled Passage of the Ode to Liberty by percy-bysshe-shelley, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 10acc8d5d87e3ee9…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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