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The king ...
like the vulgar, thinks, feels, acts, and lives
Just as his father did; the unconquered powers
Of precedent and custom interpose
Between a king and virtue.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley Queen Mab (1813)

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The sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea:
What are all these kissings worth
If thou kiss not me?

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Honour sits smiling at the sale of truth.

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Familiar acts are beautiful through love.

The lone couch of his everlasting sleep.

With hue like that when some great painter dips
His pencil in the gloom of earthquake and eclipse.

The Revolt of Islam (1817)

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