The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I

Defying the will of the gods, Prometheus steals fire in order to empower the human race. In doing so, he sacrifices himself to an eternity of torture. In Manchester, the British cavalry charges a demonstration of 60,000 protestors, killing eighteen and injuring hundreds. The poet mourns the death of John Keats, a leading figure of English Romanticism.