The Great Poets: Percy Bysshe Shelley

Idealist, atheist, outcast, political radical and, of course, poet - Percy Bysshe Shelley was, in many ways, the epitome of the Romantic artist. His poetry was an outlet for his passionately-held and highly unpopular beliefs; beliefs which resulted in social exclusion, exile, and possibly even his premature death at the age of twenty-nine. His work is a monument to his convictions and to the power of the human spirit, and today it is recognised as a key contribution to Romantic literature. This anthology contains many of his best-known poems, including Ozymandias, The Mask of Anarchy and To a Skylark, as well as excerpts from (among others) Prometheus Unbound and Adonaïs, all read by Bertie Carvel, one of the most talented English actors of his generation. INCLUDED IN The Great Poets - Percy Bysshe Shelley The opening lines from Queen Mab: A Philosophical Poem Mutability To Wordsworth Hymn to Intellectual Beauty Ozymandias Stanzas Written In Dejection Near Naples from ‘Prometheus Unbound' The Indian Serenade Ode to the West Wind Song to The Men of England Sonnet: England in 1819 The Mask of Anarchy The Cloud To A Skylark from Epipsychidion To the Moon A Lament One word is too often profaned Chorus from Hellas Concluding stanzas from Adonais With A Guitar, To Jane Song: Rarely, rarely, comest thou To Jane: The Invitation Time Lines: ‘When the lamp is shattered' Music, When Soft Voices Die To Jane: The Recollection