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aug 04 Learn More Percy Shelley Born
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Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on this day in 1792. The Romantic poet is a pop culture darling. His poem "Ozymandias" has appeared in comics via Alan Moore's Watchmen; on TV in Breaking Bad, How I Met Your Mother, and Mad Men; and even in video games like the Borderlands franchise. Look on his works ye mighty, and recognize you've probably heard them before.
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