May 07, 2022

GREAT QUOTES OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

 


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GREAT QUOTES OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY


“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?” - Percy Bysshe Shelley

“I have drunken deep of joy,
And I will taste no other wine tonight.” - Percy Bysshe Shelley

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” - Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought.” - Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poems

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” - Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind

“Soul meets soul on lovers lips.” - Percy Bysshe Shelley

“A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.” - Percy Bysshe Shelley

“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

“Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number-
Shake your chains to earth like
dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you
Ye are many-they are few.” - Percy Bysshe Shelley

“The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance” - Percy Bysshe Shelley