Percy Bysshe Shelley said this quote

“ Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. ”

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The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?

~ Percy Bysshe Shelley

Soul meets soul on lovers lips.

~ Percy Bysshe Shelley

Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought.

~ Percy Bysshe Shelley

In fact, the truth cannot be communicated until it is perceived.

~ Percy Bysshe Shelley