About William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was an English poet who helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature. Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be "The Prelude," a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years. Wordsworth was Britain's poet laureate from 1843 until his death.

“Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent’s Narrow Room”

By |2022-04-06T17:29:13-05:00August 14th, 2016|Categories: Poetry|

Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells; And students with their pensive citadels; Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest Peak of Furness Fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells: [...]

“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”

By |2022-04-06T22:08:44-05:00June 21st, 2015|Categories: Poetry|

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending [...]

“Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”

By |2022-04-06T17:23:29-05:00April 19th, 2015|Categories: Poetry|

Five years have past; five summers, with the length Of five long winters! and again I hear These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs With a soft inland murmur. Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect The landscape with [...]

“A Character”

By |2022-04-06T21:43:05-05:00March 29th, 2015|Categories: Poetry|

I marvel how Nature could ever find space For so many strange contrasts in one human face: There’s thought and no thought, and there’s paleness and bloom And bustle and sluggishness, pleasure and gloom. There’s weakness, and strength both redundant and vain; Such strength as, if ever affliction and pain Could pierce through a temper [...]

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