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I cannot endure the horror, the evil, which comes to self in solitude.

I cannot endure the horror, the evil, which comes to self in solitude.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Self, Evil, Solitude
Percy Bysshe Shelley (2012). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.350, JHU Press

That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Moon, Night, Fire
'The Cloud' (1819)

Through the sunset of hope, Like the shapes of a dream, What paradise islands of glory gleam!

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Dream, Hope, Sunset
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1874). “The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.177

January gray is here, like a sexton by her grave; February bears the bier, march with grief doth howl and rave, and April weeps -- but, O ye hours! Follow with May's fairest flowers.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Time, Grief, Flower
Percy Bysshe Shelley (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Illustrated)”, p.500, Delphi Classics

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
Happiness, Song, Laughter
"To a Skylark" l. 88 (1819)

Kings are like stars,-they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Kings, Stars, World
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1871). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume”, p.317

I love snow, snow, and all the forms of radiant frost.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Snow, Frost, Form

There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Summer, Fall, Autumn
'Hymn to Intellectual Beauty' (1816)

Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cities, Heaven, London
'Peter Bell the Third' (1819) pt. 3, st. 1

The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought, action, or person, not our own. A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasure of his species must become his own. The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Beautiful, Pain, Men
Percy Bysshe Shelley (2006). “A Defence of Poetry: an Essay: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.15, ReadHowYouWant.com

Then black despair, The shadow of a starless night, was thrown Over the world in which I moved alone.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Night, Black, Shadow
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1861). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Complete in One Volume”, p.74

I pant, I sink, I tremble, I expire!

Percy Bysshe Shelley
'Epipsychidion' (1821) l. 591

Fame, power, and gold, are loved for their own sakes - are worshipped with a blind, habitual idolatry.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Gold, Sake, Blind
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1980). “Shelley on Love: An Anthology”, p.83, Univ of California Press

Heaven's ebon vault Studded with stars unutterably bright, Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls, Seems like a canopy which love has spread To curtain her sleeping world.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Love, Stars, Sleep
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1871). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume”, p.18

I wish no living thing to suffer pain.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Life, Pain, Compassion
1820 Prometheus Unbound, act 1, l.303-5.

Love's very pain is sweet

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Sweet, Pain
Percy Bysshe Shelley, G. Cuningham (1856). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: With Notes”, p.344

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Pain, Men, Imagine
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1994). “The Selected Poetry and Prose of Shelley”, p.642, Wordsworth Editions

Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh, hear!

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Art, Moving, Spirit
'Ode to the West Wind' (1819) l. 1

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Men, Command Not, Soul
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1994). “The Selected Poetry and Prose of Shelley”, p.23, Wordsworth Editions

The jealous keys of truth's eternal doors.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Truth, Jealous, Keys
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1861). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Complete in One Volume”, p.630

Within my heart is the lamp of love, And that is day!

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Heart, Lamps, My Heart
Percy Bysshe Shelley (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Illustrated)”, p.458, Delphi Classics

Those who love not their fellow-beings live unfruitful lives, and prepare for their old age a miserable grave.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Funny, Kindness, Age
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1871). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume”, p.51

It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Tolerance, Merit, Crime

I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Love, Wise, Solitude
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1874). “The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.294

Persevere even though Hell and destruction should yawn beneath your feet.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Perseverance, Feet, Persevere
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1914). “The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Containing Material Never Before Collected”

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