"I have been astonished that men could die martyrsfor their religion--I have shuddered at it,I shudder no more.I could be martyred for my religion.Love is my religionand I could die for that.I could die for you.My Creed is Love and you are its only tenet."
"Love is my religion - I could die for it."
"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination."
"Life is but a day:A fragile dewdrop on its perilious wayFrom a tree's summit"
"Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die,To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy!"
"Yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits."