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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Ode to the West Wind
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(1820) Poem by *Shelley, inspired in Florence during a walk on a windy day in October 1819 and written that same afternoon. Shelley identifies with the violence of the 'wild West Wind' which both destroys and preserves, blowing to destruction the old leaves and settling into their winter lair the seeds of new life for the spring. As the last line asks, 'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?'.
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