Thursday, March 8, 2018

Percy Shelley's "Song: Men of England"

Like an astonishing number of romantic poets, Percy Shelley lived a relatively brief life, but in that time, accomplished a great deal (including marrying Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, daughter of famous early feminist and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft and famous early feminist and philosopher William Godwin, and author of Frankenstein.) He was also considered rather fetching by the beauty standards of his time and place, though that of course is a subjective question.

Portrait of Shelley, by Alfred Clint

And without further ado, here is Percy Shelley's poem "Song: Men of England"


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