The advocates of literal interpretation have been the most efficacious enemies of those doctrines whose nature they profess to venerate.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyKings are like stars,-they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyThen black despair, The shadow of a starless night, was thrown Over the world in which I moved alone.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyA Christian, a Deist, a Turk, and a Jew, have equal rights: they are men and brethren.
Percy Bysshe Shelley