Said the man to the sun, “How I wish you could shine your light on every day of my life!” Said the sun to the man, “But only with the rain and the night could you recognize my light.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But helpless pieces of the game He plays Upon this chequer-board of Night and Days Hither and thither moves, and checks and slays ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes, a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “There’s no light without darkness, no good without evil, no meaning without death. The seeds of destruction grow in the gardens of paradise.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “When I raise this sword, so I wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind, long years numberless as the wings of trees! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this world love has no color- yet how deeply my body is stained by yours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But then, when all hope had died, and the hour of doom seemed at hand... a young boy clothed in green appeared as if from nowhere. Wielding the blade of evil's bane, he sealed the dark one away and gave the land light. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is no greater love than this, to live one's life for a friend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merciful God, please take me away; I will close my eyes and my heart and become as a stone- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Being deeply loved gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air. "Up, up the long delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, where never lark, or even eagle, flew; and, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God."