Percy Bysshe Shelley

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August 04, 1792 in Horsham, Sussex, England, The United Kingdom

died

July 08, 1822

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Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets of the English language. He is perhaps most famous for such anthology pieces as Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, and The Masque of Anarchy. However, his major works were long visionary poems including Alastor, Adonais, The Revolt of Islam, Prometheus Unbound and the unfinished The Triumph of Life.

Shelley's unconventional life and uncompromising idealism, combined with his strong skeptical voice, made him a authoritative and much denigrated figure during his life. He became the idol of the next two or three generations of poets, including the major Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite poets Robert...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 6,453 ratings · 316 reviews · 230 distinct works

	The Complete Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley 4.05 avg rating — 1,591 ratings — published 1904 — 79 editions	My rating:
	Selected Poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Isabel Quigly 3.98 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 1913 — 32 editions	My rating:
	Prometheus Unbound 3.77 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1820 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Ozymandias 4.22 avg rating — 77 ratings	My rating:
	Selected Poetry and Prose 3.95 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1943 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Necessity of Atheism, and Other Essays 4.16 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Cenci 3.75 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1970 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Shelley: Poems 3.99 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1966 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Major Works by Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Sloan, Zachary Leader (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Shelley's Poetry and Prose by Donald H. Reiman (Editor), Neil Fraistat (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 856 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions	My rating:

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“Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poems

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“Soul meets soul on lovers lips.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley

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“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley

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