Percy Bysshe Shelley, a prominent Romantic poet, challenged societal norms from his youth, leading to his expulsion from ...

In 1811, a college student decided to protest war by writing poetry. Britain was fighting Napoleonic France at the time, and the 18-year-old Oxford student mourned the carnage, waste, and poverty he ...

To the editor: All Wednesday morning I watched the April snow filter through the blossoms of the redbud tree and watched the story of the fall of Baghdad. I have also been remembering a poem by ...

Quote of the day by Percy Bysshe Shelley: “The flower that smiles today, Tomorrow dies” Percy Bysshe Shelley remains one of the central figures of the Romantic movement. Born in 1792, he became known ...