Show c cLi tle 2 os of qT iq Percy n Bysshe Shell Shelly was born oln Au Aug i I J l 1792 1702 at Field Fjeld Place the thc splendid country seat eat of or his father at Sussex England He Ho was th the first child of oC his hisa a par parents and when nine nine years ears old was wasy y tho of or foun fou fou h bf is h t gay gny a sisters to whom tho ho ls gh greatly In Indebted w for tor their man many rein of the V subject of this sketch for so gO little HUle else x t jg 18 l Known of ot lh th ho boy r P icy CJ Shell Shelly lct save l t t had his proUd proud sisters stets stet's have ha tol told l us IS r To ro these sisters Pore Perc was a most affectionate f brother at aI anil l 1 playmate an and and they 1001 looked c 1 with Hh and In Indulgence Indulgence ul- ul gence upon the beautiful and high high- spirited brother who was waso o o 0 them their a JH hero r Them Thore as was another brother blither but 1 I than Percy ho lie being years year el ercy was never nevel ft pL companion to nIni Int who wa was destined c to lo become sA bb great at While While- the younger son son John on m Jo n by byname name wax was was still an infant an-infant infant Perry Percy was away at school most of the returning rc- rc turnIng to the thc parental roof tree only during lS' lS the hool hoo vacations But ut In their advanced years s It w wI was I Vv 1 y 4 I Percy C n Ilyf She Shelly With a si nO Boy I 1 I I with the ST greatest delight ht that Percy's sisters would recall 1 those these homecomIng home-com- home I 1 logs Ings of their elder cider 1 brother Ho lIe would accompany them on their rambles through fields fieMs and woods leading them to Lo unfrequented spots shuts where they would not have dared to venture without without without with with- out his protection Even Kven to the nursery nur nursery nur- nur ser sery would the fond brother brothel make his way lead ing Joining In their g games lm and leading lead I In ing In sports Invented h by him for their amusement And Anti sometimes the their l' l youthful sport was more mOI fanta fantastic th and uncanny than that usually engaged aged In by other chil chil- dren It was the tho Shelly ShellO childrens children's wont to deck thorns themselves in tran e garb barb the girls s representing formidable monsters such monsters such uch as had never neer inhabited the earth while earth while Percy Perc would Impersonate impersonate Im personate the tho great devil To 10 add realism ni to tn his favorite role Iole Percy would carry in front of him a n small mall fire stove flaming with Infernal liquids and one da day when he set Iet fire file to a stack sLack of orf his excuse for such lIch conduct wa was wa that h he hC wanted a little hell of his own In Ms his young oun mind the Fairyland teeming with fairies falde lemons demons and tho the Evil One Ono bordered that land of or ro romance ro- ro mance into which his Imagination Imagination nation would wander in later years ars While hUe still In his early arly teens She Shelly could quote long long- lH pas ages of Latter Latin at athis athis athis his fathers father's bidding much to the admiration admiration ad ad- and surprise of his mother and sisters for Cor he would embellish his speech b by str strong n dramatic Intonations and excited gestures From his extreme youth She Shelly was wa proud riot proud not to Fa say vain vain vain-fn in mat matters Is I's pertaining to dress dres though h being something of a young dan dandy did lid not t tr r d tr ter him trout from bein being mischievous alli al nl tl li times In school chool He was wont to blow mil Uis th the school chool ground bound boundary ry palings Tin Ih gunpowder once going going- so 80 far nS as asto to toO O open the lid Jill of his desk deal with whir the s. same I e explosive to the or of nIU ma er n i B Hut t tb 1 born rn d i fm lOry 5 and when still In hIs Ills st school he would remain ui apart ut front from tho the other othel bo joys boys s 's during the recreation time and walk backwards and forwards along he the the southern wall pursuing his own shadowy shado thoughts Even then the Muse luse of Poesy was whispering in hiscar his car filling mUng his young mind with fancies which would lead him to wondrous achievements when he should learn earn the m mysteries teries of her tonu ton- ton guo u Mary Iary Graham |