William Wordsworth was a renowned English Romantic Movement poet who lived from 1770 to 1850. Known for his deep appreciation of nature, his poems often celebrated the beauty of the natural world and explored themes of memory, imagination, and childhood. Wordsworth's most famous works include "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" and "The Prelude," an autobiographical epic. Along with fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he published the groundbreaking collection "Lyrical Ballads," which marked a turning point in English literature. Wordsworth's writings continue to be widely studied and cherished for their lyrical beauty and profound insights into the human experience.
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Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. Go to Quote / Comment
Often have I sighed to measureBy myself a lonely pleasure,Sighed to think, I read a bookOnly read, perhaps, by me. Go to Quote / Comment
The power, which all Acknowledge when thus moved, which Nature thus... Go to Quote / Comment
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop Than when we soar. Go to Quote / Comment
She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and oh, The difference to me! Go to Quote / Comment