Fragment: Love the Universe to-Day
And who feels discord now or sorrow? Love is the universe to-day-- These are the slaves of dim to-morrow, Darkening Life's labyrinthine way.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
And who feels discord now or sorrow? Love is the universe to-day-- These are the slaves of dim to-morrow, Darkening Life's labyrinthine way.
Shelley’s fragment catches a moment of radical presence. The speaker feels no discord or sorrow—only a conviction that love fills the entire universe today. That sweeping claim creates a mood of defiant joy, as if the present moment has swallowed all trouble.
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