William Wordsworth

England
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet

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The Eagle, he was lord above,
And Rob was lord below.

Rob Roy's Grave
Shalt show us how divine a thing
A woman may be made.

To a Young Lady. Dear Child of Nature
Pan himself,
The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring god!

The Excursion
The sweetest thing that ever grew
Beside a human door.

Lucy Gray

May no rude hand deface it,
And its forlorn hic jacet!

Ellen Irwin
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
And battles long ago.

The Solitary Reaper
A happy youth, and their old age
Is beautiful and free.

The Fountain
A Briton even in love should be
A subject, not a slave!

Ere with Cold Beads of Midnight Dew
But hearing oftentimes
The still, sad music of humanity.

Lines completed a few miles above Tintern Abbey
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar,

The Excursion
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