The Holy WordThat walk'd among the ancient trees,Calling the lapsèd soul,And weeping in the evening dew;That might control
That which can be made Explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
Fiery the Angels rose, and as they rose deep thunder roll’dAround their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc…
I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's.
He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars: general good is the plea of the scoundrel hypocrite and flatterer. For art and science cannot exist but in minutely organized particu...
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.
لترَ العالم في حبة رمل،والسماء في زهرة برية،
When the stars threw down their spearsAnd watered heaven with their tears:Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?-
The Lily of the valley, breathing in the humble grassAnswer'd the lovely maid and said: I am a watry weed,And I am very small, and love to dwell in lowly vales;So weak, the gilded butterfly scarce per...
And we are put on earth a little space, that we may learn to bear the beams of love;
It is right it should be so Man was made for joy and woe And when this we rightly know Through the world we safely go.
How can a bird that is born for joySit in a cage and sing?
But to go to school in a summer morn,O! It drives all joy away;Under a cruel eye outworn,The little ones spend the dayIn sighing and dismay.
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
This life's dim windows of the soulDistorts the heavens from pole to pole
The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever...
Man's desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceiv'd.
I said: 'Thou thing of patches, rings,Pins, necklaces and suchlike things,
Can I see anothers woe,And not be in sorrow too.Can I see anothers grief,And not seek for kind relief.Can I see a falling tear.And not feel my sorrows share,Can a father see his child,Weep, nor be wit...