Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822)

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822)

Percy Bysshe Shelley Quote – “The harmony and happiness of man Yields to the wealth of nations…”

The harmony and happiness of man Yields to the wealth of nations; that which lifts His nature to the heaven of its pride, Is bartered for the poison of his soul; The weight that drags to earth his towering hopes, Blighting all prospect but of selfish gain, Withering all passion but of slavish fear, Extinguishing all free and generous love […]

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