Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Here I swear, and as I break my oath may eternity blast me, here I swear that never will I forgive Christianity! It is the only point on which I allow myself to encourage revenge. Oh, how I wish I were the Antichrist, that it were mine to crush the Demon; to hurl him to his native Hell never to rise again -- I expect to gratify some of this insatiable feeling in Poetry.

Here I swear, and as I break my oath may eternity blast me,

Summary

This quote expresses a strong and visceral disdain towards Christianity. The speaker fervently declares their refusal to forgive the religion, even going so far as to invoke eternal damnation upon themselves if they were to break this oath. They express a desire to be the Antichrist, embodying a desire to utterly eliminate Christianity and banish it to its supposed place of origin, Hell. The speaker sees their poetic work as a means to satisfy their boundless animosity towards the religion.

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Christianity

By Percy Bysshe Shelley

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