“Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Our sweetest songs are those that tell
“Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful
“Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the
“Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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History is a cyclic poem written by
“History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the
“Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Fear not for the future, weep not
“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the
“Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Category: society
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Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden
“Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Poetry is the record of the best
“Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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We look before and after, And pine
“We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Category: sad
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