Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelleywas one of the major English Romantic poets, and is regarded by some as among the finest lyric, as well as epic, poets in the English language. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not see fame during his lifetime, but recognition for his poetry grew steadily following his death. Shelley was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron; Leigh...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth4 August 1792
death creeds modest
It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be, Like all the rest, a mockery.
gentleman devil sometimes
Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.
men slave ifs
Can man be free if woman be a slave?
passion mind religion
Religion pervades intensely the whole frame of society, and is according to the temper of the mind which it inhabits, a passion, a persuasion, an excuse, a refuge; never a check.
wise mistress doctrine
I never was attached to that great sect, Whose doctrine is that each one should select Out of the crowd a mistress or a friend, And all the rest, though fair and wise, commend, To cold oblivion.
sweet pain sleep
That sweet sleep which medicines all pain.
rivers decay world
Worlds on worlds are rolling ever From creation to decay, Like the bubbles on a river Sparkling, bursting, borne away.
truth truth-is
Deep truth is imageless.
death land calm
Mild is the slow necessity of death; The tranquil spirit fails beneath its grasp, Without a groan, almost without a fear, Resigned in peace to the necessity; Calm as a voyager to some distant land, And full of wonder, full of hope as he.
children believe water
Know ye what it is to be a child? It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief.
moon light clouds
...’tis He, arrayed In the soft light of his own smiles, which spread Like radiance from the cloud-surrounded moon....
work heart suffering
Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and this must be Our chastisement or recompense.
men flow force
Men must reap the things they sow, Force from force must ever flow.
power shadow awful
The awful shadow of some unseen Power Floats, tho' unseen, amongst us.