Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) – Ranked as one of the well known and great English poets of the Romantic Period. Shelley’s poetry reveals his philosophy, a combination of belief in the power of human love and reason, and faith in the perfectibility and ultimate progress of man. His lyric poems are superb in their beauty, grandeur and mastery of language.
A Lament
O World! O Life! O Time!
On whose last steps I climb,
Trembling at that where I had stood before;
When will return the glory of your prime?
No ...
"I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks."
- William Shakespeare
"A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils."
- Ever Garrison
"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."
- G.K. Chesterton
"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. "
- Gail Godwin
"The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. "
- William James
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it ...
When it comes to love letter, first name that comes in my mind is John Keats. Keats's letters to Fanny Brawne are among the most famous love letters ever written in the history. Fanny Brawne (1800-1865) was first Keats's neighbor and later on his fiancée. They exchanged copious of short notes and occasionally more passionate ones. I am going to share one of his letters written on 13 October 1819 and it goes like:
25 College Street
My dearest Girl,
This moment I have set myself to copy ...