Hymn of Apollo by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Apollo describes being awakened by the Hours at dawn, crossing the sky, and descending toward the Atlantic at evening. He claims his light strengthens good minds and gives colour to nature, and asserts dominion over music, prophecy, medicine, and art.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Hymn, Mythological Poetry · 425 words
First lines
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The sleepless Hours who watch me as I lie, / Curtained with star-inwoven tapestries / From the broad moonlight of the sky, / Fanning the busy dreams from my dim eyes,- / Waken me when their Mother, the gray Dawn, / Tells them that dreams and that the moon is gone.
Genres
- Hymn — Six rhymed stanzas proclaim Apollo's powers, ending with his claim that victory and praise belong to his song.
- Mythological Poetry — Apollo speaks in the first person, describing the Hours as his attendants and Dawn as their mother.
Tags
sunlight · dawn · sunset · mythology · music · prophecy · medicine
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Hymn, Mythological Poetry
- Length: 425 words
- Structure: 1 section, 12 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Difficult (College Level)
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