A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it opened its fan like leaves to the light, and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYSoul meets soul on lovers’ lips.
More Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
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I pant, I sink, I tremble, I expire!
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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.
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I love snow, snow, and all the forms of radiant frost.
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All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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Before man can be free, and equal, and truly wise, he must cast aside the chains of habit and superstition; he must strip sensuality of its pomp, and selfishness of its excuses, and contemplate actions and objects as they really are.
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Strange thoughts beget strange deeds.
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Words are but holy as the deeds they cover.
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All love is sweet Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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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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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
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Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.
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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
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History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
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Fate, Time, Occasion, Chance, and Change? To these All things are subject but eternal love.
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