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SHELLEY: The sunlight clasps the Earth
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Mary Shelley

The sunlight clasps the Earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea What are all these kissings...

SHELLEY: The sunlight clasps the Earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea What are all these kissings worth If thou kiss not me?

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SHELLEY: The sunlight clasps the Earth
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And the moonbeams kiss the sea
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What are all these kissings worth
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If thou kiss not me?
Duration
13 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:36
Uploaded
Jun 30, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
HanWay Films,Gidden Media,Parallel Films,BFI,Ralfish Films,Bac Cinema,Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland,Film Fund Luxembourg,Head Gear Films,Metrol Technology

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Movie Summary

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.
We love each other. We don't need to be married. - Mary Shelley 00:05
We love each other. We don't need to be married.
- We are only living by your beliefs. - What do you know of living your beliefs? - Mary Shelley 00:05
- We are only living by your beliefs. - What do you know of ...
GODWIN: Do you really think you can withstand the consequences of this? - Mary Shelley 00:09
GODWIN: Do you really think you can withstand the consequenc...
The very passions she thought were holding her together were working... - Mary Shelley 00:04
The very passions she thought were holding her together were...
...just as diligently to tear her apart. - Mary Shelley 00:04
...just as diligently to tear her apart.
Are you really suggesting I could only be with your daughter if we were married? - Mary Shelley 00:05
Are you really suggesting I could only be with your daughter...
How dare you? Come into my house, you accept my hospitality... - Mary Shelley 00:06
How dare you? Come into my house, you accept my hospitality....
If you ever see Mr. Shelley again... - Mary Shelley 00:04
If you ever see Mr. Shelley again...
...prepare to lose the love of a father, forever. - Mary Shelley 00:04
...prepare to lose the love of a father, forever.
Don't look back, Mary. Remember, once you are gone... - Mary Shelley 00:05
Don't look back, Mary. Remember, once you are gone...
...none of this, or any of these people, will matter at all. - Mary Shelley 00:05
...none of this, or any of these people, will matter at all.
[CARRIAGE APPROACHING] - Mary Shelley 00:05
[CARRIAGE APPROACHING]
- I guess you come as a pair. - I couldn't leave her. - Mary Shelley 00:04
- I guess you come as a pair. - I couldn't leave her.
- Oh! - [GENTLE, DRAMATIC MUSIC] - Mary Shelley 00:07
- Oh! - [GENTLE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
MARY: I'm free to write what I please. - Mary Shelley 00:24
MARY: I'm free to write what I please.
[PRETENDING TO CHOKE] - Mary Shelley 00:07
[PRETENDING TO CHOKE]
...and dance, through the dance. - Mary Shelley 00:04
...and dance, through the dance.
They dance through the weary Whirl. - Mary Shelley 00:05
They dance through the weary Whirl.
Patience, patience, though my heart is breaking. - Mary Shelley 00:05
Patience, patience, though my heart is breaking.
...of thy body thou art quit and free. - Mary Shelley 00:05
...of thy body thou art quit and free.