1823, Byron, who was writing Don Juan, left Italy for Greece. When he landed in Misulongi, Greece, all the residents welcomed him on the shore, the fortress saluted him, and the military band played music. Byron equipped a warship with his own property, and later recruited 500 soldiers at his own expense to pay their salaries. He personally commanded the army, and his superb shooting skills and fearless spirit were universally respected by the army. With tenacious perseverance, he worked hard to raise war funds, weapons and other ammunition. He also did a lot of unity work among discordant revolutionary leaders, rectified the discipline of the army and showed excellent organizational ability. While the Greek revolutionary cause was flourishing, he was caught in the rain and fell ill with fever. Unfortunately, he died on April 1824 at the age of 36. After his death, the Greek interim government declared his death a national mourning for three days. Byron enjoys high prestige among the Greek people, and his name is a household name, becoming a symbol of patriotism.
Byron's heart was buried in Greece, and his body was shipped back to England, but the church refused to store it in Westminster Abbey, and finally he had to be buried in the poet's hometown. After his death, some reactionary newspapers continued to curse him. But in Europe and even the whole world, Byron had a far-reaching influence. He is known as "Napoleon in a poetic country". Brandeis commented on Byron's death and the grief of the Greeks. He said: "The news of Byron's death came as a bolt from the blue and shocked the whole of Greece. For this country, its impact is like a terrible natural disaster, and its consequences are simply incalculable. "
Byron's life is a great life. He is not only a talented poet, but also a revolutionary soldier with a gun galloping on the battlefield. He held high the revolutionary torch lit in France and brought it to the field of thought and art. The most valuable thing is that he never talked about revolution, but fought for a beautiful ideal with practical work and even sacrificed his precious life. His passionate battle poems are like sharp daggers, stabbing all the dark and decadent forces on the earth, and like passionate horns, inspiring people to move forward in the struggle. He devoted himself to the revolutionary spirit of the freedom and liberation of small and weak nations, which inspired the people of southern European countries to fight against foreign oppression at that time. Today, his statue stands in the center of the "Hero Park" in Misulongi, Greece, and is admired by the people.
Childe Haller's Travels is Byron's early masterpiece and his famous work. 18 12, after the first two chapters of this long poem were published, it quickly became popular all over Britain. The poet claimed: "I woke up one night and found myself a celebrity." This poem is divided into four chapters, and the last two chapters are written in 18 16, 18 18. This poem tells the story of young Harold's aversion to the empty and luxurious upper-class life and his experience of traveling in Europe by boat. Halliday in poetry is the embodiment of the poet. Through him, the poet expressed sympathy for the actions of all ethnic groups fighting for freedom and attacked tyrants and foreign rulers. This is the first time in romantic literature that political and social issues are the theme. At the same time, it also shows the cynical loneliness and sadness caused by the incompatibility between poets and society. Therefore, although poetry is full of eager calls for freedom, it often reveals some nothingness and negativity.
Shelley is a famous English poet of Byron's contemporaries. He is an outstanding representative of romantic lyric poetry. His famous poems are all included in Shelley's Selected Poems, among which Prometheus Liberated, ode to the west wind, Ode to Freedom and Ode to a Lark are Shelley's famous and widely acclaimed masterpieces. His poems are full of fighting spirit and passion, from which it is not difficult to understand his fighting spirit against oppression, his praise and desire for freedom and revolution, his love and pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty, and his criticism of social ugliness.