Shelley quotes
Ah, did you once see Shelley plain, And did he stop to speak to you And did you speak to him again? How strange it seems, and new!
Like Shelleyand like Baudelaire it may be said of himthat he suffered, in his own person, the neurotic ills of an entire generation.
They have spoken lightly of my deathless friends, (Lamps for my gloom, handsguiding where I stumble,) Quoting, for shallow conversational ends, What Shelley shrilled, what Blake once wildly muttered How can they use such names and be not humble?
Less oft peace in Shelley's mind, Than calm in waters seen.
4 Quotes found. Displaying quotes 1 through 4
Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Browse dictionary definitions near Shelley
Share on Facebook