Hail to the whether poirit! In pis pose Tham's of un premeditated art Fac-simile of part of "The Skylark." By permission of the Library of Harvard University, from their reproduction of the Shelley manuscript in their possession. SELECTIONS FROM SHELLEY HYMN TO INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY. I. The awful shadow of some unseen Power Each human heart and countenance; Like hues and harmonies of evening, Like clouds in starlight widely spread, Like memory of music fled, Like aught that for its grace may be Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery. II. Spirit of Beauty, that dost consecrate With thine own hues all thou dosť shine upon Of human thought or form,-where art thou gone? Why dost thou pass away, and leave our state, This dim vast vale of tears, vacant and desolate? Ask why the sunlight not for ever Weaves rainbows o'er yon mountain river, Why aught should fail and fade that once is shown, |