“Goodbye” Percy Bysshe Shelley Died 8 July 1822

Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English  poets and is  regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition for his poetry grew steadily following his death. Shelley was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron; Leigh Hunt; Thomas Love Peacock; and his own second wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.