Percy Bysshe Shelley - Song Of Proserpine While Gathering Flowers On The Plain Of Enna lyrics

[Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 1st edition. There is a fair draft amongst the Shelley man*scripts at the Bodleian Library. See Mr. C.D. Loco*k's "Examination," etc., 1903, page 24.] 1. Sacred Goddess, Mother Earth, Thou from whose immortal bosom Gods, and men, and beasts have birth, Leaf and blade, and bud and blossom, Breathe thine influence most divine On thine own child, Proserpine. 2. If with mists of evening dew Thou dost nourish these young flowers Till they grow, in scent and hue, Fairest children of the Hours, Breathe thine influence most divine On thine own child, Proserpine. ***