The psychological and moral comfort of a presence at once humble and understanding-this is the greatest benefit that the dog has bestowed upon man. Percy Bysshe Shelley More Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley More Quotes From Percy Bysshe Shelley O weep for Adonis - He is dead." "Peace. He is not dead he doth not sleep - he hath wakened from the dream of life Percy Bysshe Shelley dream sleep death Through the sunset of hope, Percy Bysshe Shelley sunset hope dream We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece. Percy Bysshe Shelley roots law art Poetry, in a general sense, may be defined to be 'the expression of the imagination': and poetry is connate with the origin of man. Percy Bysshe Shelley imagination expression men The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves, Now dark--now glittering--now reflecting gloom-- Now lending splendour, where from secret springs The source of human thought its tribute brings. Percy Bysshe Shelley secret dark spring Lie bills and calculations much perplexed, With steam-boats, frigates, and machinery quaint Traced over them in blue and yellow paint. Percy Bysshe Shelley blue yellow lying There are two Italies.... The one is the most sublime and lovely contemplation that can be conceived by the imagination of man; the other is the most degraded, disgusting, and odious. What do you think? Young women of rank actually eat - you will never guess what - garlick! Our poor friend Lord Byron is quite corrupted by living among these people, and in fact, is going on in a way not worthy of him. Percy Bysshe Shelley food men thinking We know not what we do Percy Bysshe Shelley speak knows Oh that simplicity and innocence its own unvalued work so seldom knows! Percy Bysshe Shelley innocence simplicity knows Had this author [Sir W Drummond Academical Questions, chap. iii.], instead of inveighing against the guilt and absurdity of atheism, demonstrated its falsehood, his conduct would have, been more suited to the modesty of the skeptic and the toleration of the philosopher. Percy Bysshe Shelley modesty atheism guilt The conceptions which any nation or individual entertains of the God of its popular worship may be inferred from their own actions and opinions, which are the subjects of their approbation among their fellow-men. Percy Bysshe Shelley fellow-man may men I was an infant when my mother went To see an atheist burned. She took me there. The dark-robed priests were met around the pile; The multitude was gazing silently; And as the culprit passed with dauntless mien, Tempered disdain in his unaltering eye, Mixed with a quiet smile, shone calmly forth; The thirsty fire crept round his manly limbs; His resolute eyes were scorched to blindness soon; His death-pang rent my heart! the insensate mob Uttered a cry of triumph, and I wept. Weep not, child! cried my mother, for that man Has said, 'There is no God.' Percy Bysshe Shelley atheist mother children A Christian, a Deist, a Turk, and a Jew, have equal rights: they are men and brethren. Percy Bysshe Shelley rights christian men O world! O life! O time! Percy Bysshe Shelley lasts steps world Sow seed--but let no tyrant reap; Percy Bysshe Shelley tyrants arms rights What if English toil and blood Was poured forth, even as a flood? It availed, Oh, Liberty, To dim, but not extinguish thee. Percy Bysshe Shelley what-if liberty blood But I am chained to Time, and cannot thence depart! Percy Bysshe Shelley imprisonment chained time A poet, as he is the author to others of the highest wisdom, pleasure, virtue, and glory, so he ought personally to be the happiest, the best, the wisest, and the most illustrious of men. Percy Bysshe Shelley virtue poetry men A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why. Percy Bysshe Shelley cheer sweet men Whatever may be his true and final destination, there is a spirit within him at enmity with nothingness and dissolution. This is the character of all life and being. Percy Bysshe Shelley being-positive atheism character
