The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-19
ptsf JOHN L. COW.
fta@ S From the Morning Post.
Percy lBysslse .SRclley.

| n But doth suf1r az sen change a Bob
/ Int" something riih and re.''-- TenpeIi.
SHELLEY died SHpng. In July,a 1922
while crossing the s1alf of Lerici, with
friend, 10 n lltlle pIepsAre-boat, they wer,
oseuaken by a iremcns Hlls squall, and wer'
drowned. His remains ere burnt, a(Ier The
manner OF The anceILs, on The sea shore, b,
his friends, Lord Byron, Leigh Hunt, IRE
lawney, and one or mo. Others; aud The
ashes conveyed to Rome, and Inferred close
by the remains Of the poet Meats He wai
m the twenty y-ninthy year Of his age, wheB the
arrow Of death sruck illis shining mark -
The whole lie of Shelley was n iragrdy;and
/ a devotion of ofhlmseifi0the cansegnf human
by. Leigh linnl says--aIn his youth, his
recklessness of. offending tIle opinions Of
lathers-- the yehemencesof his religious aud
tpoliticat pefsuasi0ns, wigfch amoun ted 10
IIanaticism,-- snd,athe cl,ida daringn ess oI
those opinions, made many enemies; i WI no
oneever knew him personally @itha0t loving
him devotedlyi' Another biograph,r saw
tile was The NEST fuihftl niifn ever
heard Of, and in philanthropy "A perfect How
ard lie has beenbhowH 10 give aws.y all
his moneyjta the distressed, before he reach
ed the cuach-otiice, andaso been obliged 10
walk up 10 town. He gave Leigh EIunl
Gl4O0lo gel him cut ofhis difficulties, " hen
he was Imprisoned for a libel. be allowed
4 poor man OF letters,tn Income Of f,30p d
year, his own being no more than ElU00.--
In fact, his 'lbefaIiiy was unbounded; he at
tended 10 the wants Of the poor,not by iber-
al endowment Of pence in the street, or by
subscriptions, but by actual inspection ialo
their wants, relieving them with kind words
and suggestions, as we'll as money; regard
less of Infection which once happily occur.
red in the form of severe ophtlialmia,
caught ir these cottages; and moreover he
studied medicine, and walked the London
hospitals, in order that he might attend the
sick in his neigbborhood II In polnics, If one
may Judge from his writings. Shelley was
Tepubican. Godwlnis nPolitical Jus,icen
made deep impression on his mind and !,
after reading il, he resolved "to square ali
his actions by what he conceived 10 be the
sIrictesi justice, without any considerations
for the opinions efothers.H 1t was this Jus 4
lice made him reject an eslare, because he
"would not become yeasand ray man.
The publication OF bis opinions, made him
very unpopular in England; and, his beaIthI
declnging, he wentto Italy.ss When ut Pisa,
he went one day to the Post Office, 10 en-
qrre for letters; an Englishman, mn hearing
bis name, said--'' What, are you thai DID
atheist Sbelleym and struck him with sick,
so brntally, that lie fell stunned to lhgl
ground. Yet This man, prosecuted rs he was
for opinions sake, Byron monounces 10 be
''the least selfish and mildesl Of men; man
who has made more sacrifices Of his feelings
and fortunes 10 Others, thpn any man lever
heard Of"
Wber quite p hoy, he felhlu love with
Harriet Weslbrooke, a girl Of marvelousI
beauty, bur giddy and weak-mnded, and
contraryto the wishes Of his trends, married
her. y was an unfortunate union. WsniI
Of sympathy occasipned q separation. ,luI
1877, when Shelley was at Bath. Harriet
committed suicide; the news Of this tore, bis
being to pieces; and fol. some time his rea.
son was despaired of After the death Of his
wife, he married Mary Wosione.
croft Goodwin, (the present Mrs Shelley, al 4
thor Of Frankenstein, &c.) 'rhis Iady was
a kindred spirit; and, like himself. full of
poetry md enthusiasm, He dedicated thel
''ReyoIt of Islam" 10 her. whom he calisl
'''mine own hearts home, and "tbou child
Of love and light" Hear him speak 10 hef:--
sAlas, that love shouldbca blight and snnrs