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Kiss me, so long but as a kiss may last!
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Age: 29 †
Born: 1792
Born: August 4
Died: 1822
Died: July 8
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The breath Of accusation kills an innocent name, And leaves for lame acquittal the poor life, Which is a mask without it.
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The wise want love and those who love want wisdom.
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Lost Echo sits amid the voiceless mountains, And feeds her grief.
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When the power of imparting joy is equal to the will, the human soul requires no other heaven.
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By all that is sacred in our hope for the human race, I conjure those who love happiness and truth to give a fair trial to the vegetable system!
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