The Death Of Shelley

Shelley claimed he was going sailing
when in fact he was going rowing.
The storm hit, and he was bailing.

Byron seduced his half-sister,
and rushed off to Europe.
He’d pulled up his pants to cover the blister.

Keats loved Fanny but the tuberculosis
cut his love-life short.
He would have settled for mononucleosis.

Leigh Hunt declined the ride
and lived to fish Shelley ashore
while the mighty Lord imbibed.