William Wordsworth
Born 7 April 1770 · Died 23 April 1850
From Cockermouth, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads. (Source.)
Quotes
“The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: / Little we see in Nature that is ours; / We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!”
The World Is Too Much with Us, l. 1 wr. 1802; pub. 1807 “I have said that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”
Lyrical Ballads “Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! / The river glideth at his own sweet will: / Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; / And all that mighty heart is lying still!”
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, l. 11 wr. 1802; pub. 1807 “Much converse do I find in thee, / Historian of my infancy! / Float near me; do not yet depart! / Dead times revive in thee: / Thou bring’st, gay creature as thou art! / A solemn image to my heart.”
To a Butterfly "Stay Near Me" , st. 1 wr. 1801; pub. 1807
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Books by William Wordsworth in order
Books by William Wordsworth in the order they were published, from An Evening Walk (1793) to William Wordsworth (2011).
- 1An Evening Walk
An Evening Walk1793 - 2Descriptive Sketches
Descriptive Sketches1793 - 3Lyrical Ballads, 1798
Lyrical Ballads, 17981798 - 4Poems in Two Volumes
Poems in Two Volumes1807 - 5The Poetical Works
The Poetical Works1807 - 6The White Doe of Rylstone
The White Doe of Rylstone1815 - 7Peter Bell
Peter Bell1819 - 8A Guide Through the District of the Lakes in the North of En
A Guide Through the District of the Lakes in the North of England1835 - 9The Prelude
The Prelude1850 - 10Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern AbbeyLines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey2002
- 11I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud2007 - 12William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth2011 - 13Favorite Poems
Favorite Poems - 14Letters of William Wordsworth
Letters of William Wordsworth - 15Preface to Lyrical BalladsPreface to Lyrical Ballads
- 16Prefaces to the "Lyrical Ballads" EtcPrefaces to the "Lyrical Ballads" Etc
- 17The Borderers
The Borderers - 18The Love Letters of William and Mary Wordsworth
The Love Letters of William and Mary Wordsworth - 19The Pedlar ; Tintern Abbey ; The Two-part PreludeThe Pedlar ; Tintern Abbey ; The Two-part Prelude
- 20The Prelude, 1799, 1805, 1850
The Prelude, 1799, 1805, 1850 - 21The Recluse
The Recluse - 22Wordsworth's Literary Criticism
Wordsworth's Literary Criticism - 23Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads