Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYI love all waste And solitary places; where we taste The pleasure of believing what we see Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be.
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Then black despair, The shadow of a starless night, was thrown Over the world in which I moved alone.
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Dust to the dust! but the pure spirit shall flow Back to the burning fountain whence it came, A portion of the Eternal.
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Life and the world, or whatever we call that which we are and feel, is an astonishing thing. The mist of familiarity obscures from us the wonder of our being. We are struck with admiration at some of its transient modifications, but it is itself the great miracle.
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I have been a wanderer among distant fields. I have sailed down mighty rivers.
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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
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This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.
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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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Honour sits smiling at the sale of truth.
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When the power of imparting joy is equal to the will, the human soul requires no other heaven.
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O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?
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Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
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Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.
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Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
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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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The psychological and moral comfort of a presence at once humble and understanding-this is the greatest benefit that the dog has bestowed upon man.
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