--- title: "4 Percy Shelley Quotes - Famous Potter" description: "English potter (1860–1937)... | Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his p..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/percy-shelley-66811_darkness_we-are-as-clouds-that-veil-the-midnight_246851.jpg" --- # Percy Shelley (1860) Potter **4** quotes in **9** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Percy Shelley is a potter. ## Quick Facts About Percy Shelley Born January 1, 1860 Profession Potter ## About Percy Shelley English potter (1860–1937)... \| Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his deat ## Quotes by Percy Shelley > [“We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon; How restlessly they speed, and gleam, and quiver, Streaking the darkness radiantly!--yet soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-shelley/we-are-as-clouds-that-veil-the-midnight-moon-how-restlessly-they/) [Percy Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/) [Darkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/percy-shelley-66811_darkness_we-are-as-clouds-that-veil-the-midnight_246851.jpg) > [“And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea What are all these kissings worth - If thou kiss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-shelley/and-the-sunlight-clasps-the-earth-and-the-moonbeams-kiss-the-sea-what/) [Percy Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/) [Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/percy-shelley-66811_nature_and-the-sunlight-clasps-the-earth-and-th_320960.jpg) > [“And as this creation itself is poetry, so its creators were poets; and language was the instrument of their art”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-shelley/and-as-this-creation-itself-is-poetry-so-its-creators-were-poets-and/) [Percy Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/percy-shelley-66811_art_and-as-this-creation-itself-is-poetry-so_3044079.jpg) > [“It creates anew the universe after it has been annihilated in our minds by the recurrence of impressions blunted by reiteration.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-shelley/it-creates-anew-the-universe-after-it-has-been-annihilated-in-our/) [Percy Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/) [Poetry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/percy-shelley-66811_poetry_it-creates-anew-the-universe-after-it-ha_3074437.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/#itemlist", "name": "Percy Shelley Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon; How restlessly they speed, and gleam, and quiver, Streaking the darkness radiantly!--yet soon Night closes round, and they are lost for ever; Or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings Give various response to each varying blast, To whose frail frame no second motion brings One mood or modulation like the last. We rest. -- A dream has power to poison sleep; We rise. -- One wandering thought pollutes the day; We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep; Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away: It is the same!--For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free: Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability. ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Percy Shelley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-shelley/we-are-as-clouds-that-veil-the-midnight-moon-how-restlessly-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/percy-shelley-66811_darkness_we-are-as-clouds-that-veil-the-midnight_246851.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/percy-shelley-66811_darkness_we-are-as-clouds-that-veil-the-midnight_246851.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/percy-shelley-66811_darkness_we-are-as-clouds-that-veil-the-midnight_246851.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon; How restlessly they speed, and gleam, and quiver, Streaking…” — Percy Shelley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea What are all these kissings worth - If thou kiss not me?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Percy Shelley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-shelley/and-the-sunlight-clasps-the-earth-and-the-moonbeams-kiss-the-sea-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/percy-shelley-66811_nature_and-the-sunlight-clasps-the-earth-and-th_320960.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/percy-shelley-66811_nature_and-the-sunlight-clasps-the-earth-and-th_320960.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/percy-shelley-66811_nature_and-the-sunlight-clasps-the-earth-and-th_320960.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea What are all these kissings worth - If thou…” — Percy Shelley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And as this creation itself is poetry, so its creators were poets; and language was the instrument of their art”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Percy Shelley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-shelley/and-as-this-creation-itself-is-poetry-so-its-creators-were-poets-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/percy-shelley-66811_art_and-as-this-creation-itself-is-poetry-so_3044079.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/percy-shelley-66811_art_and-as-this-creation-itself-is-poetry-so_3044079.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/percy-shelley-66811_art_and-as-this-creation-itself-is-poetry-so_3044079.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And as this creation itself is poetry, so its creators were poets; and language was the instrument of their…” — Percy Shelley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It creates anew the universe after it has been annihilated in our minds by the recurrence of impressions blunted by reiteration.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Percy Shelley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-shelley/it-creates-anew-the-universe-after-it-has-been-annihilated-in-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/percy-shelley-66811_poetry_it-creates-anew-the-universe-after-it-ha_3074437.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/percy-shelley-66811_poetry_it-creates-anew-the-universe-after-it-ha_3074437.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/percy-shelley-66811_poetry_it-creates-anew-the-universe-after-it-ha_3074437.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It creates anew the universe after it has been annihilated in our minds by the recurrence of impressions…” — Percy Shelley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/#person", "name": "Percy Shelley", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/", "description": "English potter (1860–1937)... | Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his deat" }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/", "name": "Percy Shelley", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/percy-shelley-66811_darkness_we-are-as-clouds-that-veil-the-midnight_246851.jpg" }, "description": "English potter (1860–1937)... | Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his p...", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Authors", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Percy Shelley", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-shelley/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```