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A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays is a collection of poems and essays written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the major English Romantic poets, who is regarded by some as among the finest lyric and philosophical poets in the English language. The collection of the poems are below.

  • On Love
  • On A Future State
  • On The Punishment Of Death
  • Speculations On Metaphysics
  • Speculations On Morals
  • Chapter I. On The Nature Of Virtue
  • Chapter Ii. Essay On The Literature, The Arts, And The Manners Of The Athenians
  • On The Symposium, Or Preface To The Banquet Of Plato
  • A Defence Of Poetry