. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... etween the two classes of society wasinevitable, and he eagerly ranged himself onthe peoples side. He had an idea of publish-ing a series of poems adapted expressly to com-memorate their circumstances and wrongs. Hewrote a few; but, in those days of prosecutionfor libel, they could not be printed. They arenot among the best of his productions, a writerbeing always shackled when he endeavours towrite down to the comprehension of those whocould not understand or feel a highly imagina-tive style; but they show his earnestness, and 149 Note by Mrs.
. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... etween the two classes of society wasinevitable, and he eagerly ranged himself onthe peoples side. He had an idea of publish-ing a series of poems adapted expressly to com-memorate their circumstances and wrongs. Hewrote a few; but, in those days of prosecutionfor libel, they could not be printed. They arenot among the best of his productions, a writerbeing always shackled when he endeavours towrite down to the comprehension of those whocould not understand or feel a highly imagina-tive style; but they show his earnestness, and 149 Note by Mrs. Shelley with what heartfelt compassion he went hometo the direct point of injury — that oppressionis detestable as being the parent of starvation,nakedness, and ignorance. Besides these out-pourings of compassion and indignation, he hadmeant to adorn the cause he loved with loftierpoetry of glory and triumph : such is the scopeof the Ode to the Asserters of Liberty. Hesketched also a new version of our nationalanthem, as addressed to 150 Poems Written in 1820
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