...woods ever renew Their green and golden immortality. And from the sea there rise, and from the sky 470 There fall, clear exhalations, soft and bright. Veil...loveliness, Blushes and trembles at its own excess: Yet, like a buried lamp, a Soul no less Burns in the heart of this delicious isle, An atom of th' Eternal,...

...Shelley's description of the space reminds us of his usual imbrications of landscapes and bodies, since ... the isle's beauty, like a naked bride Glowing at once...loveliness, Blushes and trembles at its own excess. (474-476) Detached from the rest of the world, Shelley's island-bride hovers between one world and...

...ensue when Emily and he arrive on the island, the speaker fantasizes, And from the sea there rise, and from the sky There fall, clear exhalations, soft...bright, Veil after veil, each hiding some delight. (11. 470—72) Lastly, he and Emily will have "A veil for our seclusion, close as Night's, /Where secure...

...its fields and woods ever renew 75 Their green and golden immortality. And from the sea there rise, and from the sky There fall, clear exhalations, soft...some delight, Which Sun or Moon or zephyr draw aside, 80 Till the isle's beauty, like a naked bride Glowing at once with love and loveliness, Blushes and...