| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1792–1822 |
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| 611. The Indian Serenade |
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| I ARISE from dreams of thee | |
| In the first sweet sleep of night, | |
| When the winds are breathing low, | |
| And the stars are shining bright. | |
| I arise from dreams of thee, | 5 |
| And a spirit in my feet | |
| Hath led me—who knows how? | |
| To thy chamber window, Sweet! | |
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| The wandering airs they faint | |
| On the dark, the silent stream— | 10 |
| And the champak's odours [pine] | |
| Like sweet thoughts in a dream; | |
| The nightingale's complaint, | |
| It dies upon her heart, | |
| As I must on thine, | 15 |
| O belovèd as thou art! | |
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| O lift me from the grass! | |
| I die! I faint! I fail! | |
| Let thy love in kisses rain | |
| On my lips and eyelids pale. | 20 |
| My cheek is cold and white, alas! | |
| My heart beats loud and fast: | |
| O press it to thine own again, | |
| Where it will break at last! | |
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