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Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes about Hope

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

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

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

But hope will make thee young, for Hope and Youth Are children of one mother, even Love.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1853). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume”, p.151

Worse than despair, Worse than the bitterness of death, is hope.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (2012). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.1114, JHU Press

Cold hopes swarm like worms within our living clay.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1853). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume”, p.575