The old laws of England — they Whose reverend heads with ag… - Percy Bysshe Shelley

" "
The old laws of England — they Whose reverend heads with age are gray, Children of a wiser day; And whose solemn voice must be Thine own echo — Liberty!

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Percy Bysshe Shelley

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

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

All quotes from Percy Bysshe Shelley Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Percy Bysshe Shelley:

Lord Byron John Keats Alfred Tennyson Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Wordsworth

Additional quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley

We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts have their root in Greece.

You are now
In London, that great sea, whose ebb and flow
At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore
Vomits its wrecks, and still howls on for more.
Yet in its depth what treasures!

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, — but it returneth!

The old laws of England — they Whose reverend heads with age are gray, Children of a wiser day; And whose solemn voice must be Thine own echo — Liber… - Percy Bysshe Shelley

About Percy Bysshe Shelley

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Advanced Search Filters