1700 – 1850 CE
Emotion, nature, and imagination in the age of revolution.
Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number"
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world"
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
The soul's joy lies in doing
"The soul's joy lies in doing"
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair
"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
— Alexander Pushkin
"Habit is given to us from above: it is a substitute for happiness"
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 their fire retain
"I loved you; even now I may confess, some embers of my love their fire retain"
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths
"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths"
She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies.
— Lord Byron
"She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies."
Tyger Tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night.
— William Blake
"Tyger Tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night."
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."
