Rambles in Germany and Italy
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Rambles in Germany and Italy, in 1840, 1842, and 1843 is a travel narrative by the British Romantic author Mary Shelley. Issued in 1844, it is her last published work. Published in two volumes, the te
Mary Shelley wrote of the Simplon Pass: "There was a majestic simplicity that inspired awe; the naked bones of a gigantic world were here."
Giuseppe Mazzini. His thoughts influenced many politicians of a later period, among them Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Mahatma Gandhi, Golda Meir and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Mary Shelley spent time mourning Percy Bysshe Shelley at his tomb in Rome.
Shelley on Correggio's Nativity: "When, by the drawing down of the blinds, we were left nearly in darkness, the effect on this picture was miraculous. The child lay in living beams, which seemed to emanate from a focus, and spread rays of light around. I could not have believed that any coloured canvas could have shown such glowing radiance."
Proserpine (play)
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Proserpine is a verse drama written for children by the English Romantic writers Mary Shelley and her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary wrote the blank verse drama and Percy contributed two lyric poe
Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1874)
Proserpine as it was first published in the Winter's Wreath in 1832.
The Rape of Persephone by Simone Pignoni (c. 1650)
Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote about Proserpine in his poem Prometheus Unbound.