Kings are like stars — they rise and set, they have The wor… - Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Kings are like stars — they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English romantic poets, widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets in the English language; husband of Mary Shelley.

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Alternative Names: Percy Byssche Shelley • Percy Shelley • Shelli Persi Bish

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I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright.

Sweet the rose which lives in Heaven, Although on earth ’tis planted, Where its honours blow, While by earth’s slaves the leaves are riven Which die the while they glow.

Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud! I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!

Kings are like stars — they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose. - Percy Bysshe Shelley

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