![]() In 1843, he succeeded Southey as Poet Laureate. Wordsworth had now come to his own, and was regarded by the great majority of the lovers of poetry as, notwithstanding certain limitations and flaws, a truly great and original poet. The year 1807 saw the publication of ‘Poems in Two Volumes’, which contains much of his best work, including the “Ode to Duty,” ” Intimations of Immortality,” “Yarrow Unvisited,” and the “Solitary Reaper.” In 1813 he migrated to Rydal Mount, his home for the rest of his life and in the same year he received, through the influence of Lord Lonsdale, the appointment of Distributor of Stamps for Westmoreland, with a salary of £400. In 1804 he made a tour in Scotland, and began his friendship with Scott. Two years later Wordsworth’s circumstances enabled him to marry his cousin, Mary Hutchinson, to whom he had been long attached. After over a year’s absence Wordsworth returned and settled with Dorothy at Grasmere. With the profits of this he went, accompanied by his sister and Coleridge, to Germany, where he lived chiefly at Goslar, and where he began the ‘Prelude’, a poem descriptive of the development of his own mind. The first edition of the work appeared in 1798. One result of the intimacy thus established was the planning of a joint work, ‘Lyrical Ballads’, to which Coleridge contributed ‘ The Ancient Mariner’,and Wordsworth, among other pieces, ‘Tintern Abbey’. ![]() He settled with his sister at Racedown, Dorsetshire, and shortly afterwards removed to Alfoxden, in the Quantock Hills, to be near Coleridge, who was then living at Nether Stowey in the same neighbourhood. ![]() The beginning of his friendship with Coleridge in 1795 tended to confirm him in his resolution to devote himself to poetry and a legacy of £900 from a friend put it in his power to do so by making him for a time independent of other employment. His uncles were desirous that he should enter the Church, but to this he was unconquerable averse and indeed his marked indisposition to adopt any regular employment led to their taking not natural offence. John’s Coll., Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. William received his earlier education at Penrith and Hawkshead in Lancashire and in 1787 went to St. With the help however, of uncles, the family were well educated and started in life. The latter, prematurely cut off, left little for the support of his family of four sons and a daughter, Dorothy (afterwards the worthy companion of her illustrious brother). His boyhood was full of adventure among the hills, and he says of himself that he showed “a stiff, moody, and violent temper.” He lost his mother when he was 8, and his father in 1783 when he was 13. WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-1850) born at Cockermouth. ![]() Young England – What is Then Become of Old.The Stars Are Mansions Built By Nature’s Hand.Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey.Wordsworth encapsulated man’s mystic relationship with nature. British Romantic poet from Grasmere, Lake District. Whether you’re interested in medieval manuscripts or nineteenth-century novels, my website offers an insight into a range of literary treasures.William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Here at Printed Pearls, expect to find everything from forgotten works to literary locations. Hello, I’m Elizabeth Oliver, an arts journalist and literature lover.
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