A dream has power to poison sleep.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyRead
Are we not formed, as notes of music are, _x000D_ For one another, though dissimilar?
Interpretation
What this quote means
We, like musical notes, are unique yet meant to complement each other.
In this quote, Percy Bysshe Shelley suggests that every individual, despite their differences, plays a distinct role in the symphony of life. Just as musical notes come together to create harmonious melodies, people are designed to connect and support one another, highlighting the importance of unity amidst diversity.
Themes
UnityDiversityConnectionHarmony
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about community service, one might say, 'Just as Shelley noted, we are formed to be there for one another despite our differences.'
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A sensitive plant in a garden grew,_x000D_ _x000D_ And the young winds fed it with silver dew,_x000D_ _x000D_ And it opened its fan_x000D_ _x000D_ like leaves to the light,_x000D_ _x000D_ and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
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I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.
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O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?
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Ah, woe is me! Winter is come and gone. But grief returns with the revolving year.
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