I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky.
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Cloud

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Topic

Clouds

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

The Cloud

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "The Cloud." Prometheus Unbound, A Lyrical Drama, in Four Acts, With Other Poems. London: Charles and James Ollier, 1820, I. 73.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "The Cloud." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 73.

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A great chess-player is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.

William Hazlitt

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Chess Great men

Author

William Hazlitt
Language
English
Time
1821 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hazlitt, William. "The Indian Jugglers." Table-Talk; Or, Original Essays. Vol. 1, London: John Warren, 1821.

Current Citation

Hazlitt, William. "The Indian Jugglers." The Spirit of Controversy and Other Essays, edited by Jon Mee and James Grande. Oxford University Press, 2021.