Percy Bysshe Shelley

1792–1822
Nationality: English
Historical Period: The 19th Century
Shelley was one of the leading English romantic poets who had a strong feeling for individual liberty.
Quotes from Percy Bysshe Shelley:
- Percy Bysshe Shelley on a force of nature sweeping the globe
- Percy Bysshe Shelley on the two types of property
- Percy Bysshe Shelley on the new Constitution of Naples which he hoped would be “as a mirror to make … blind slaves see”
- In Percy Shelley’s poem Liberty, liberty is compared to a force of nature sweeping the globe
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