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Brewer's: Poetry on the Greek Model

(See Chiabreresco.) Father of English poetry. Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400); so called by Dryden. Spenser calls him “the pure well of English undefiled.” He was not the first English poet…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cenci Scene 4.2:

by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 4.1: SCENE 4.3: SCENE 4.2: BEFORE THE CASTLE OF PETRELLA. ENTER BEATRICE AND LUCRETIA ABOVE ON THE RAMPARTS. BEATRICE: They come not yet. LUCRETIA: 'Tis…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Constantia, Singing

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Marianne's DreamTo ConstantiaTo Constantia, Singing Published by Mrs. Shelley in "Posthumous Poems", 1824. Amongst the Shelley manuscripts at the Bodleian is a…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Arethusa

by Percy Bysshe Shelley To -Song of Proserpine While Gathe...Arethusa Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824, and dated by her 'Pisa, 1820.' There is a fair draft amongst the…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Edward Williams

by Percy Bysshe Shelley RemembranceTo -To Edward Williams Published in Ascham's edition of the "Poems", 1834. There is a copy amongst the Trelawny manuscripts. 1. The serpent is shut out…