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Let there be light! said Liberty, And like sunrise from the sea, Athens arose! — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Let there be light! said Liberty, And like sunrise from the sea, Athens arose!

Percy Bysshe Shelley
1822
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Topic
Athens
Medium
Poem
Time
1822
Person
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Current citation
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Hellas." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 682.
Original citation
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Hellas: A Lyrical Drama. London: Charles and James Ollier, 1822, I. 682.

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