“There is a spell of unresisted power
In wonder-working weak simplicity,
Because it is not fear'd.”
Sylphs
Poems (1851), Prometheus
Context: The mighty Jove did love us. Did? He does.
There is a spell of unresisted power
In wonder-working weak simplicity,
Because it is not fear'd.
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British poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher 1796–1849Related quotes
Emblems of Love (1912)
Context: And where is now that palace gone,
All the magical skill'd stone,
All the dreaming towers wrought
By Love as if no more than thought
The unresisting marble was?
How could such a wonder pass?
Ah, it was but built in vain
Against the stupid horns of Rome,
That pusht down into the common loam
The loveliness that shone in Spain.
But we have raised it up again!
A loftier palace, fairer far,
Is ours, and one that fears no war.
Safe in marvellous walls we are;
Wondering sense like builded fires,
High amazement of desires,
Delight and certainty of love,
Closing around, roofing above
Our unapproacht and perfect hour
Within the splendours of love's power.
“never overlook the power of simplicity”
Source: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams Reaching Your Destiny
“There is an abundance of power to be found in simplicity.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 53
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter Six - Pooh.
“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
“The spell of power never quite releases its hold.”
Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 12 “Lord”
Source: The Tale of Despereaux (2004)
Context: Despereaux looked down at the book, and something remarkable happened. The marks on the pages, the "squiggles" as Merlot referred to them, arranged themselves into shapes. The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time
“Aggressive Fancy working spells
Upon a mind o’erwrought.”
Pt. I, sc. vi, Napoleon
The Dynasts (1904–1908)