Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYAway, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, – To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music.
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The jealous keys of truth’s eternal doors.
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The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
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Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city.
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Love’s very pain is sweet, But its reward is in the world divine Which, if not here, it builds beyond the grave.
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A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.
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There Is No God. This negation must be understood solely to affect a creative Deity. The hypothesis of a pervading Spirit co-eternal with the universe remains unshaken.
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The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying, And the Year On the earth her death-bed, in a shroud of leaves dead, Is lying.
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And Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
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Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.
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To hearts which near each other move From evening close to morning light,The night is good; because, my love,They never say good-night.
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The howl of self-interest is loud but the heart is black which throbs solely to its note.
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When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead – When the cloud is scattered The rainbow’s glory is shed.
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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I love tranquil solitude.
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This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.
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