The crossword solution for the term 'SHORTLY, TO SHELLEY' is ANON. This is a reference to the poem 'To a Skylark' by Percy Bysshe Shelley, in which the speaker addresses the skylark and says 'Hail to thee, blithe spirit! / Bird thou never wert - / That from Heaven, or near it, / Pourest thy full heart / In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.' The poem ends with the line 'Teach us, Sprite or Bird, / What sweet thoughts are thine: / I have never heard / Praise of love or wine / That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.' The word 'ANON' is used to indicate that the speaker will soon hear the skylark's response.