Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley
——We look before and after，And pine for what is not;Our sincerest laughter with some pain is fraught;Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought．
Source:To a Skylark
——The desire of the moth for the star，Of the night for the morrow，The devotion to something afar from the sphere of our sorrow．
Source:OneWord is too often Profaned
——Poets are the unacknowledged legislatures of the world．
Source:ADefence of Poetry
——Poetry is the record of the best and happiestmoments of the happiest and bestminds．
Source:ADefence of Poetry
——Sow seed—but let no tyrant reap:Find wealth—let no impostor heap:Weave robes—let not the idler wear: Forge arms—in your defence to bear．
Source:Men of England
——O，Wind，If winter comes，can Spring be far behind?
Source:Ode to theWestWind
——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．
Source:Queen Mab
——O Thou，Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed，The winged seeds，where they lie cold and low，Each like a corpse within its grave，until Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow，Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth，and fill with living hues and odours plain and hill:wild spirit，which artmoving everywhere;Destroyer and Preserver．
Source:Ode to theWestWind
——All love is sweet，Given or returned．Common as light is love，And its familiar voice wearies not ever……They who inspire itmost are fortunate，As Iam now;but those who feel itmost Are happier still．
Source:Prometheus Unbound