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Wherein lies happiness? In that which becksOur ready minds to fellowship divine,A fellowship with essence; till we shine,Full alchemiz’d, and free of ...more

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I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.

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Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.

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I have been astonished that men could die martyrsfor their religion--I have shuddered at it,I shudder no more.I could be martyred for my religion.Love...more

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Oh for a life of sensations rather than of thoughts.

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Touch has a memory. O say, love, say,What can I do to kill it and be free?

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Love in a hut with water and a crust Is - Love forgive us! - cinders ashes dust.

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I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Lov...more

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Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it

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I wish I was either in your arms full of faith, or that a Thunder bolt would strike me.

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Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art--Not in lone splendour hung aloft the nightAnd watching, with eternal lids apart,Like nature's patient,...more

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I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years co...more

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My love has made me selfish. I cannot exist without you – I am forgetful of everything but seeing you again – my Life seems to stop there – I see no f...more

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Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?---"On death

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That men, who might have tower'd in the vanOf all the congregated world, to fanAnd winnow from the coming step of timeAll chaff of custom, wipe away a...more