▁the ▁promise ▁of ▁a ▁br ighter ▁day , ▁the ▁promise ▁of ▁reg ener ated ▁man ▁and ▁reg ener ated ▁earth . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁ha iled ▁with ▁joy ▁and ▁acc lam ation ▁by ▁the ▁opp ress ed , ▁by ▁the ▁ar dent ▁lo vers ▁of ▁human ity , ▁by ▁the ▁po ets , ▁whose ▁task ▁it ▁is ▁to ▁voice ▁the ▁human ▁spirit ." ▁ ▁A ▁common ▁theme ▁among ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁widely ▁known ▁rom antic ▁po ets ▁is ▁their ▁accept ance ▁and ▁appro val ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution . ▁William ▁Word sw orth , ▁Samuel ▁Taylor ▁Col er idge , ▁Lord ▁By ron , ▁and ▁Per cy ▁Sh elle y ▁all ▁shared ▁the ▁same ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution ▁as ▁it ▁being ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁current ▁ways ▁of ▁society ▁and ▁helping ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁the ▁opp ress ed . ▁As ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution ▁changed ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁virt ually ▁everyone ▁in ▁the ▁nation ▁and ▁even ▁continent ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁dr astic ▁and ▁immediate ▁shift ▁in ▁social ▁re formation , ▁it ▁greatly ▁influenced ▁many ▁writers ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁Han cock ▁writes , ▁" There ▁is ▁no ▁need ▁to ▁rec ount ▁here ▁in ▁detail ▁how ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution , ▁at ▁the ▁close ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁century , ▁was ▁the ▁great ▁stim ulus ▁to ▁the ▁intellectual ▁and ▁emot ional ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁civil ized ▁world , ▁how ▁it ▁began ▁by ▁insp iring ▁all ▁liberty - lo ving ▁men ▁with ▁hope ▁and ▁joy ." ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁began ▁to