Shelley
Shel·ley (s̸hel′ē)
noun
a feminine name: var. Shelly
Shel·ley (s̸hel′ē)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (wo̵ol′stən kraft′) 1797-1851; Eng. novelist: daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft & William Godwin: second wife of Percy
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe (bis̸h) 1792-1822; Eng. poet
Ah, did you once see Shelley plain, And did he stop to speak to you And did you speak to him again? How strange it seems, and new!
Like Shelleyand like Baudelaire it may be said of himthat he suffered, in his own person, the neurotic ills of an entire generation.
Less oft peace in Shelley's mind, Than calm in waters seen.
They have spoken lightly of my deathless friends, (Lamps for my gloom, handsguiding where I stumble,) Quoting, for shallow conversational ends, What Shelley shrilled, what Blake once wildly muttered How can they use such names and be not humble?
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