Born on this day in 1792 -- World Literature great -- Percy Bysshe Shelley

from WRITER's ALMANAC (Minnesota Public Radio: Garrison Keillor): August 4 is the birthday of the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (books by this author), born in Sussex, England (1792). Although he died before the age of 30, many of his poems are considered masterpieces, including "The Cloud," "To a Skylark," and "Prometheus Unbound." Percy Shelley said, "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world." And, "Chameleons feed on light and air: Poets' food is love and fame." http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/?refid=0