Su epitafio, que no lo menciona por su nombre, es de sus amigos Joseph Severn y Charles Brown: «This grave contains all that was mortal, of a , Who on his Death Bed, in the Bitterness of his Heart, at the Malicious Power of his Enemies, Desired these Words to be engraven on his Tomb Stone: Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water».Shelley se ahogó en la Riviera italiana y fue incinerado en la orilla cerca de Viareggio.