Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Alas! I have nor hope nor health, Nor peace within nor calm around, Nor that content surpassing wealth The sage in meditation found."

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Source: 'Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples' (1818)

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Percy Bysshe Shelley was a key Romantic poet known for his radical ideas on love, freedom, and social justice, particularly in works like 'Prometheus Unbound'.

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