Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.


Essays, Letters From Abroad, Translations and Fragments (1840)

Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.