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Jun 12, 2017 · ‘ Ozymandias ’. Published in The Examiner on 11 January 1818, ‘Ozymandias’ is perhaps Percy Bysshe Shelley’s most celebrated and best-known poem, concluding with the haunting and resounding lines: ‘“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing beside remains. Round the decay.
Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, edited by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (London: Printed for John & Henry L. Hunt, 1824). The Masque of Anarchy. A Poem, edited by Leigh Hunt (London: Edward Moxon, 1832).
Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most significant English poets, a key figure in the Romantic poetry movement of England. Born in 1792 and tragically passing away in 1822 at the age of twenty-nine, Shelley’s influence on poetry is profound. Some of his best-known poems include ‘ Ozymandias ‘ and ‘ To a Skylark .’.
Ode to the West Wind. By Percy Bysshe Shelley. I. O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead. Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed.
Percy Bysshe Shelley remains one of the most celebrated and influential figures of the Romantic era in English literature. He is recognized for his passionate, lyrical poetry, often infused with intense emotion and radical political ideals. Shelley's work explores themes of love, beauty, nature, and the pursuit of freedom and justice.
Feb 22, 2011 · The complete poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, including materials never before printed in any edition of the poems; by Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822; Hutchinson, Thomas
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid. In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken. The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
