Shelley
O life filled with romance,
O man flooded with poetry-light,
Thy volcano-will devoure
Thy critics’ python-night.
Thy “Ode to the Skylark”
And “Prometheus Unbound”,
“Adonais”, tearful Adonais,
On all brain-fields shall be found.
While sailing thy boat lost thee,
A sad story, indeed.
But thy pen’s heights and depths
Remained, the world to feed.
Excerpt from Philosopher-Thinkers: The Power-Towers Of The Mind And Poet-Seers: The Fragrance-Hours Of The Heart In The West
by Sri Chinmoy