1700 – 1850 CE
Emotion, nature, and imagination in the age of revolution.
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths
— Alexander Pushkin
"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths"
Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number
"Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number"
Inspiration is needed in geometry just as much as in poetry
"Inspiration is needed in geometry just as much as in poetry"
I loved you; even now I may confess, some embers of my love …
"I loved you; even now I may confess, some embers of my love their fire retain"
The soul's joy lies in doing
"The soul's joy lies in doing"
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world"
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair"
Habit is given to us from above: it is a substitute for happiness
"Habit is given to us from above: it is a substitute for happiness"
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty — that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to..."
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
— Edgar Allan Poe
"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."
To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower.
— William Blake
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower."
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