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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Percy Bysshe Shelley was a prominent English Romantic poet known for his lyrical and radical writings. Born on August 4, 1792, in Horsham, England, Shelley was the heir to a wealthy aristocratic family. He attended Eton College and then University College, Oxford, but was expelled for his controversial writings. Shelley's poetry often explored themes of political and social change, nature, and the power of the imagination. Some of his most famous works include "Ode to the West Wind," "Ozymandias," and "Prometheus Unbound." Shelley's life was cut short when he died in a boating accident at the age of 29, but his influence on the Romantic movement and his enduring poetry continue to be celebrated to this day.


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Quote Left January gray is here, like a sexton by her grave; February bears the bier, march with grief doth howl and rave, and April weeps - but, O ye hours! Follow with May's fairest flowers. Quote Right
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Quote Left All things are sold: the very light of Heaven Is venal; earth's unsparing gifts of love,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Cold hopes swarm like worms within our living clay. Quote Right
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Quote Left When a man marries, dies, or turns Hindoo, His best friends hear no more of him. Quote Right
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Quote Left It is impossible that had Buonaparte descended from a race of vegetable feeders that he could have had either the inclination or the power to ascend the throne of the Bourbons. Quote Right
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