[Edited from man*script Shelley E 4 in the Bodleian Library, and published by Mr. C.D. Loco*k, "Examination" etc., Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1903. Here placed conjecturally amongst the compositions of 1820, but of uncertain date, and belonging possibly to 1819 or a still earlier year.]
Serene in his unconquerable might
Endued[,] the Almighty King, his steadfast throne
Encompa**ed unapproachably with power
And darkness and deep solitude an awe
Stood like a black cloud on some aery cliff
Embosoming its lightning—in his sight
Unnumbered glorious spirits trembling stood
Like slaves before their Lord—prostrate around
Heaven's multitudes hymned everlasting praise.
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