In his Essay in Criticism (1888),Matthew Arnold,the renowned Victorian poet and critic,made his comment on such British romantic poets as William Wordsworth,Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

• 维多利亚时代的著名诗人兼评论家马修·阿诺德在《批评二集》中按照自己的标准评价了英国浪漫主义诗人华兹华斯、拜伦和雪莱。