- The William Wordsworth Page at American Literature, featuring a biography and Free Library of the author's Novels, Stories, Poems, Letters, and Texts.
- One of England’s most beloved poets and a pioneer of Romanticism, William Wordsworth was made Poet Laureate in 1843.
- “Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away.” ― William Wordsworth
- William Wordsworth Biography. Born: April 7, 1770 Cookermouth, Cumberland, England Died: April 23, 1850 Rydal Mount, Westmorland, England English poet.
- William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, on April 7, 1770. Wordsworth’s mother died when he was eight—this experience shapes...
- If one has to describe William Wordsworth in a sentence, it would be that he was a romantic, refreshing, colorful, idealistic, and inconsistent personality.
- William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Cockermouth2, Cumberland, the second of five children.
- The second of five children, William Wordsworth was born in Cumberland—part of the scenic region in northwest England called the Lake District.
- William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in...
- The second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann (Cookson), William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Wordsworth House in...