Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, Makes slaves of men, and of the human frame A mechanized automaton. Percy Bysshe Shelley More Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley More Quotes From Percy Bysshe Shelley Let the advocate of animal food, force himself to a decisive experiment on its fitness, and as Plutarch recommends, tear a living lamb with his teeth, and plunging his head into its vitals, slake his thirst with the steaming blood; when fresh from the deed of horror let him revert to the irresistible instincts of nature that would rise in judgment against it, and say, Nature formed me for such work as this. Then, and then only, would he be consistent. Percy Bysshe Shelley tears animal blood Jesus Christ represented God as the principle of all good, the source of all happiness, the wise and benevolent Creator and Preserver of all living things. But the interpreters of his doctrines have confounded the good and the evil principle. Percy Bysshe Shelley wise evil jesus I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, Percy Bysshe Shelley rain clouds children The One remains, the many change and pass; Percy Bysshe Shelley change life science The moon of Mahomet Arose, and it shall set; While, blazoned as on heaven's immortal noon, The cross leads generations on. Percy Bysshe Shelley generations moon heaven Age cannot Love destroy, But perfidy can blast the flower, Even when in most unwary hour It blooms in Fancy's bower. Age cannot Love destroy, But perfidy can rend the shrine In which its vermeil splendours shine. Percy Bysshe Shelley shining flower age ...What are numbers knit Percy Bysshe Shelley would-be numbers men Can man be free if woman be a slave? Percy Bysshe Shelley slave ifs men Men must reap the things they sow, Force from force must ever flow. Percy Bysshe Shelley force flow men That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon. Percy Bysshe Shelley moon fire night The cloud shadows of midnight possess their own repose. Percy Bysshe Shelley shadow clouds night The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself. Percy Bysshe Shelley pleasure sorrow Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted. Percy Bysshe Shelley destiny men believe February... Bending from Heaven, in azure mirth, It kissed the forehead of the Earth, And smiled upon the silent sea, And bade the frozen streams be free, And waked to music all their fountains, And breathed upon the frozen mountains. Percy Bysshe Shelley mountain sea heaven What! alive, and so bold, O earth? Percy Bysshe Shelley alive earth A husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other. Any law which should bind them to cohabitation for one moment after the decay of their affection would be a most intolerable tyranny, and the most unworthy of toleration. Percy Bysshe Shelley husband law long Lost Echo sits amid the voiceless mountains, And feeds her grief. Percy Bysshe Shelley mountain echoes grief And many more Destructions played In this ghastly masquerade, All disguised, even to the eyes, Like Bishops, lawyers, peers, or spies. Percy Bysshe Shelley bishops spy eye I love tranquil solitude, And such society As is quiet, wise, and good; Between thee and me What difference? but thou dost possess The things I seek, not love them less. Percy Bysshe Shelley differences solitude wise Man, who wert once a despot and a slave, A dupe and a deceiver! a decay, A traveller from the cradle to the grave Through the dim night of this immortal day. Percy Bysshe Shelley decay men night
