The word"Grecian"means Greek(rarely used except to refer to architecture pottery, culture and features of the human face 2. Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe(1792-1822), an English poet, is cons idered by many to be among the greatest, and one of the most influential leaders of the romantic Movement. Throughout his life, Shelley lived by a radically nonconform ist moral code. His beliefs concerning love, marriage, revolution, and politics caused him to be considered a dangerous immoralist(不道德的人) by some Shelley was born on August 4, 1792, at Field Place, Sussex. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford. When he was in the University of Oxford he wrote and circulated, with another student, a pamphlet, The Necessity of Atheism (EtHie)(1811), of which the university authorities disapproved He also published a pamphlet of burlesque(讽刺性的诙谐) verse, Posthumous fragments of margaret Nicholson(1810). Thus, he was expelled from the University. Shortly after his expulsion, the 19-year-old Shelley married his first wife, Harriet Westbrook, and moved to the Lake district of England to study and write Many critics regard Shelley as one of the greatest of all English poets. They point especially to his lyrics, includ ing the famil iar short odes" To a Sky lark"(1820), To the West wind”(1819), and "The Cloud”(1820 Other critics, particularly antiromanticists who object to the prettiness and sentimentality of much of his work, maintain that Shelley was not as influential as the other British romantic poets Byron, Keats, or William Wordsworth Ode to the west wind Ode to the West wind"is one of shelley's best known lyrics. The poet describes ividly the activities of the West Wind on the earth, in the sky and on the sea and then expresses his envy for the boundless freedom of the west wind and his wish to be free like the wind and to scatter his words among mankind. The celebrated final line of the poem, " If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" has often been cited to illustrate Shelley's optimistic belief in the future of mankind 3. Wordsworth Wordsworth, William(1770-1850), an English poet, is one of the most accomplished and influential of England's romantic poets, whose theories and style created a new trad ition in poetr Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cumber land, and educated at Saint John' s College and University of Cambridge. He developed a keen love of nature as a13 The word “Grecian” means Greek (rarely used except to refer to architecture, pottery, culture and features of the human face). 2. Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822), an English poet, is considered by many to be among the greatest, and one of the most influential leaders of the Romantic Movement. Throughout his life, Shelley lived by a radically nonconformist moral code. His beliefs concerning love, marriage, revolution, and politics caused him to be considered a dangerous immoralist (不道德的人) by some. Shelley was born on August 4, 1792, at Field Place, Sussex. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford. When he was in the University of Oxford, he wrote and circulated, with another student, a pamphlet, The Necessity of Atheism (无神论) (1811), of which the university authorities disapproved. He also published a pamphlet of burlesque (讽刺性的诙谐) verse, Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson (1810). Thus, he was expelled from the University. Shortly after his expulsion, the 19-year-old Shelley married his first wife, Harriet Westbrook, and moved to the Lake District of England to study and write. Many critics regard Shelley as one of the greatest of all English poets. They point especially to his lyrics, including the familiar short odes “To a Skylark” (1820), “To the West Wind” (1819), and “The Cloud” (1820). Other critics, particularly antiromanticists who object to the prettiness and sentimentality of much of his work, maintain that Shelley was not as influential as the other British romantic poets Byron, Keats, or William Wordsworth. Ode to the West Wind “Ode to the West Wind” is one of shelley’s best known lyrics. The poet describes vividly the activities of the West Wind on the earth, in the sky and on the sea and then expresses his envy for the boundless freedom of the west wind and his wish to be free like the wind and to scatter his words among mankind. The celebrated final line of the poem, “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” has often been cited to illustrate Shelley’s optimistic belief in the future of mankind. 3. Wordsworth Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), an English poet, is one of the most accomplished and influential of England's romantic poets, whose theories and style created a new tradition in poetry. Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cumberland, and educated at Saint John's College and University of Cambridge. He developed a keen love of nature as a