Evening star., 1926-02-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

man whose heart would not burn, &C.
cordine to the solemn tradition hand
| ed down to US. Those who have
studied the life of this poet will re-
member that when his body was
washed up on the shores of the Bay
| or Spezzia, 1t first was buried in the
sand. and later cremated. when, ac-
| cording TO the story. the heart would
| not burn.
In life. however. the heart of this
| iree-thlnker (much too free of his own
age, and probably for today did burn
much and often over oppression and
misery Of others.
lie belonged To the strange group
OF high-born Englishmen who were
| IN revolt against conditions of societ V
| ana lie as they found them He,
| syron and Keats form an ilnperish-
able trio. whose lives We're entWined
| as their works and names ever more
| shall be-
Percy Hysshe Shelley was born in
Sussex August 4, 1892, the son of
TIMOTHY Shelley (afterward knight
| eO and talented and beautiful
iliolnef. lie was the grandson of Sir
bySshe Shelley. so it will be seen that
| ly enough
His lifelong hatred of tyrannv and
oppression was developed in his
schooi NE. when he was subjected To
liu'h Dullylng on account of his deli
cafe feminine appearance.
heIi OF today who pride themselves
on beihg OF the genuine "he" variety
VIII De somewhat astonished to look
at the pictures of Shelley which we
nave ielt US. Certainly the man looks
,oI an the world like Il girl, His
h.,i,
coi'ar nowadays called a "Gertie
SHIRT } add to the impression.
| let, according to the best accounts
| aNaiiable, Shelley was quite as "red
! ploodeu fellow as even the Doost
ardent advocate of the great ont.
| doors could wish. He liked the
| ladies'. sailed boats, and in other vays
| iulhlled the role of regular fellow"
| 'Whatever that isl.
In the edition of 1889. edited hv his
"lle, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
we ma her estimate of her husband
| as follows: NV
lie was generous To imprudence.
| devoted 10 heroism These char.
aoterlStlcS breathe through his poetry
ne struggle for human veal: the
resolution firm to Inartyrdom: the i'm
petuous pursuit: the glad triumph in
Sood: the determination not TO despair
such We're the features that mark Ell
those Of his works which he regarded
WIN most coinplacency as sustained
by loftr subject and useful aim.
III auultlon To these his poems
may be divided into two classes-tbe
purely imaginative and those which
| sprung from the emotions of his
he'trt Among the former NAV he
ciaSaed The Witch Of AvIas ;
Ad"naiS, and his latest composition
ielt imperfect, The Triumph of Life
The second class is, Of course
the most popular. as appealing at
once 10 emotions common to us all.
some OF these rest on the passion of
toNe' others on grief and despondency.
others on the sentiments inspired nv
haturai objects. There are
others. such as the ode to the Sky
lark and The Cloud which in the
opinion of many critics, bear a purer
p"etical stamp than any other of his
productions
lie died and the world showed no
outward sign: but his influence over
mankind, though slow in growth. is
last auSmenting. and in the ameliora-
tons that have taken place in the DO
iitIcal state OF his country we NAV
trace in part the operation of his
arduous struggles
He died and his place among
| those who knew him Intimately has
| never been filled up. Al
though the intolerant, in their blind
| ness, poured down anathemas. the
Spirit Of Good. who can judge the
heart, never rejected him