social shams in his poetry,but set an example of reckless living which appeared to more than justify all the bad things about him.Byron's position was like this,"You said I was immoral when I tried to live decently.Now I shall be immoral you can do as you please about it."There wee two Byrons;one was naturally reckless,selfish and dissolute;the other was generous,heroic and truly noble. During his wandering life on the Continent,he made acquaintance with Shelley whose high-minded revolutionary optimism and passionate hope for a better world exercised certain influence upon Byron's later works.The second Byron manifested himself after the death of Shelley.He suddenly gave up writing poetry and went to Greece to help the Greeks win their liberty.He worked for them diligently,faithfully and unselfishly,but died ofa fever,before he could take part in the battle he was preparing,at the age of 36.Whatever may have been the faults of his life,his death was unquestionably the death of a hero.Today he is still considered by the Greeks one of the greatest oftheir national heroes. II.Poetic Works Byron was made famous chiefly by his long narrative and dramatic poems,among which are Childe Harold's social shams in his poetry, but set an example of reckless living which appeared to more than justify all the bad things about him. Byron’s position was like this, “You said I was immoral when I tried to live decently. Now I shall be immoral; you can do as you please about it.” There wee two Byrons; one was naturally reckless, selfish and dissolute; the other was generous, heroic and truly noble. During his wandering life on the Continent, he made acquaintance with Shelley whose high-minded revolutionary optimism and passionate hope for a better world exercised certain influence upon Byron’s later works. The second Byron manifested himself after the death of Shelley. He suddenly gave up writing poetry and went to Greece to help the Greeks win their liberty. He worked for them diligently, faithfully and unselfishly, but died of a fever, before he could take part in the battle he was preparing, at the age of 36. Whatever may have been the faults of his life, his death was unquestionably the death of a hero. Today he is still considered by the Greeks one of the greatest of their national heroes. II. Poetic Works Byron was made famous chiefly by his long narrative and dramatic poems, among which are Childe Harold’s