446 Percy Bysshe Shelley - The Early Years
The History of Literature
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You Will Melt, My Friends?
"It's not exciting to be unique and doomed," he says. "Think of all the snowflakes that have melted and will never ever be seen again." He asks: What good is all this beauty when it's unappreciated by anyone who even sees them, let alone appreciates them? That's a sobering thought for any human looking ahead a hundred years or so.
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