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Hail to thee blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert That from Heaven or near it Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.

Hail to thee blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert That from Heaven or near it Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
Percy Bysshe Shelley ↗

Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial

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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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