他是英雄，他是诗人，他也是渣男

She Walksin Beauty

She Walks in Beauty is a short poem by the English poet Lord Byron. Byron is one of the most widely recognized figures of the Romantic period in English literature. The Romantics used emotion, sensation, the beauty of nature, and the power of imagination in their many writings.

Byronhas further significance as a living example of the so-called "Romantic hero" during his own lifetime. In fact, the term "Byronic hero"is now widely known. In his colorful and often scandalous life, Byron came to represent a certain type of figure during the early 1800's. This figure was the rebellious, individualistic, sensation-loving poet and traveler, who did notcare about the normal rules of social behavior. Much of Byron's verse reflected, even glorified, this character.

Although chiefly known forhis longer poems Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812-1818) and the unfinished masterpiece Don Juan (1819-1824), Byron was also an accomplished writer of shorter lyrics. "She Walks in Beauty" was composed in 1814. It was written about Lady Wilmot Horton, whom the poet had met at a ball the night before. The verse was published in 1815, in the collection Hebrew Melodies Ancient and Modern.

LifeExperience

lHe was born into an ancient aristocratic family. His father was wild but irresponsible and his mother was a passionate Scots woman.

lHis father died when he was only three.Then he and his mother lived in Scotland.At the age of ten, he inherited the title of a baron and a large estate, then his mother proudly took him to England. 

lHewas once educated in Cambridge. Although he was born lame, he was good at sports. Hours of Idleness《闲暇时光》, published in 1807, collected many ofhis previous poems. A very harsh review of this work in the Edinburg Review prompted a satirical reply from Byron in Heroic couplets, entitled EnglishBards and Scotch Reviewers(1809).《英国诗人和苏格兰评论家》

lIn1811, he took his seat in the House ofLords, and made vehement speeches, attacking the reactionary policy and showing his great sympathy for the oppressed poor. 

lIn1812, the first two cantos of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage《恰尔德 哈洛尔德游记》were published and made the poet famous overnight. In 1815, Byron got married to AnnaIsabella Milbanke. A year later, his wife left him and refused to come back. 

lRumors about his incestuous relationship with his half-sister and doubts about his sanity led to his being abused and decried. In anger and disgust, Byron left England and never came back.

lInthe summer of 1816 he settled in Switzerland, with his personal physician. InGeneva, he wrote thethird canto of Childe Harold andthe narrative poem The Prisoner of Chillon《锡隆的囚徒》.

lThereByron befriended the poet PercyBysshe Shelley, andShelley's future wife Mary Godwin. 

lIn1817, he journeyed to Rome. On returning to Venice, he wrote the fourth andlast cantos of Childe Harold.About the same time, he published Manfred《曼弗雷德》and Cain 《该隐》. 

lDon Juan《唐 璜》，a mock epic in16 cantos, was finished in 1823.

lIn 1823, Byron joined in the Greek national independent wars against Turkey. In 1824, he died from months of hard work and illness. The whole Greek nation mourned over his death.

这首诗是青年拜伦于1814年在一次舞会上邂逅美丽的霍顿夫人（Lady Wilmot Horton）后写下的。当时刚刚失去丈夫的霍顿夫人身着丧服（是的你没看错），站在一众华丽浓妆的小姐太太中十分抢眼，恰如诗中所写“多一道阴影，少一缕光芒，都会有损于这无名之美”，大概全世界泡妞人的心都是相通的，《登徒子好色赋》中自诩正人君子的宋玉也曾用“增一分则太长，减一分则太短，着粉则太白，施朱则太赤”形容美人。

1788年1月22日，拜伦出生于伦敦的一个没落的贵族家庭，父亲是个毫无责任感的花花公子，在拜伦出生不久就抛弃妻子不知所踪，拜伦跟随母亲背着父亲留下的赌债勉强度日，受尽挫折的母亲性格也开始变得喜怒无常，常常喊有先天性颇足的拜伦“拐子”，

拜伦10岁的时候拜，伦家族的世袭爵位及产业落到他身上，拜伦作为第六世勋爵和母亲移居到诺丁汉郡的世袭领地生活。家里决定送他到一所素有名望的学校——哈罗公学就读。丘吉尔首相就是这所学校毕业的。

1809年，拜伦在剑桥大学毕业，因为贵族世袭制，他在上议院获得了议员的资格。

拜伦国游玩，先后到葡萄牙、西班牙、马耳他岛、阿尔巴尼亚、希腊和土耳其等地方。

1811年7月，回到了英国，拜伦的这次旅游扩展了他的政治视野，也丰富了他的写作素材，他亲眼目睹了欧洲被压迫民族为自己的自由和独立而斗争的场面。

1812年，拜伦发表了长诗《恰尔德·哈罗尔德游记》第一、二章，诗歌立刻轰动文坛，给他带来了巨大的声誉。拜伦说：“早晨我一觉醒来，发现自己已经成名，成了诗坛上的拿破仑。”

Literary Achievements

lChilde Harold’s Pilgrimage 《恰尔德哈洛尔德游记》

lIt is the poem that brought its authorfame. Byron then said: “ 

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.”

lThe hero of this poem is the surrogate 替代of the poet himself. The poem is about a gloomy, passionate young wanderer who escaped from the society he disliked and traveled around the continent, questioning for freedom. 

lDon Juan 《唐璜》a comic epic

年少成名的诗人，周围自然少不了美人相伴，这些女人都在拜伦的感情生活中成为了稍纵即逝的浮光掠影，唯有为她们写下的情诗至今还在传唱。

1809年，21岁的拜伦因为想要“看看人类，而不是只在书本上读到他们”，决定去东方旅行，出发之前他的女仆怀孕了，拜伦还在孩子出生后给他写了一首诗——《给我的孩子》。

旅途中迅速和贵妇史密斯夫人打得火热，甚至想要私奔。

私奔计划失败后的拜伦继续到希腊旅行，在希腊驻英领事的遗孀麦可莉太太处借住，麦可莉太太有三个风姿绰约的女儿，拜伦倾慕已久，还很快和小女儿泰丽莎谈起了恋爱。当他发现麦可莉太太居然想要积极撮合他们结婚的时候，英雄气短，脚底抹油跑路了，留下一首深情款款的《雅典的女郎》，还不忘在诗中嘱咐：“我可真走了，雅典的女郎！怀念我吧，在孤寂的时光！”

Muchof Byron's longer narrative verse, which he often composed speedily, is loose and even slapdash in its construction. This lyric, by contrast, has a polishand a calm poise that reflect the lady it describes. Using an iambic rhythm,which consists of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables, the verse paystribute to its unnamed lady of beauty. She is like the night, rather than"gaudy day," in her gentle beauty as well as her serene manner. Her attributes are likened to perfection: "one shade the more, one ray theless" would change the ideal arrangement of graceful qualities. But most importantly, her beauty is not just an external, superficial thing, but a reflectionof her inner beauty. The speaker's vision renders her external qualities" eloquent"-she comes to represent for him an essential"goodness."

The speaker in Byron's shorter lyrics is a much more public, conventional figure than the"Byronic hero" of the narrative poems. "She Walks inBeauty" is the sort of verse, unlike so much of Byron's highly charged longer verse, that could be recited or sung to guests in society. But knowing what we do of Byron's own tormented and scandal-ridden personal life, we can perhaps read envy in his glimpse of "A mind at peace with all below/ Aheart whose love is innocent."

风流的拜伦一生只结过一次婚，婚礼结束后，诗人在彩车上对他的妻子说：“您现在已是我的妻子了，就凭这一点已足以使我憎恶你了。如果您是别人的妻子，我也许还能爱您！”婚姻仅维持了一年的时间。

Byronic Hero

Byronic Hero: It is often a proud, mysterious rebel figureof noble origin. Hecarries on his shoulders the burden of righting all the wrongs in a corrupt society and would rise single-handedly against any kind oftyrannical ruleseither in government, in religion, or in moral principles with unconquerable wills and in exhaustible energies.

拜伦不仅是一位伟大的诗人，还是一个为理想战斗一生的勇士。他积极而勇敢地投身革命，参加了希腊民族解放运动，并成为领导人之一。

1824年2月14日，拜伦在希腊第一次癫痫发作，浑身痉挛，口吐白沫，牙关紧咬。医生要给拜伦放血，拜伦不想被切开血管，医生就用了水蛭吸血。

两个月后，4月的一天，拜伦骑马外出遇雨，回来后开始出现高烧和关节痛，随后每天放血几次。

4月19日，永远地离开了这个世界。

拜伦的一生短暂又极端，他创造了诗歌史上最浪漫的英雄角色，同时拥有了最为人诟病的感情生活。