• William Wordsworth (1770-1850) became ‘Romanticism’, in many ways: he came to embody the starting-point of English Romanticism through his early...
  • Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), English poet, one of the most accomplished and influential of England’s romantic poet’s whose theories and style created a...
  • William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, on April 7, 1770. Wordsworth’s mother died when he was eight—this experience shapes...
  • 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland). William Wordsworth was the husband of Eva Bartok.
  • The William Wordsworth Page at American Literature, featuring a biography and Free Library of the author's Novels, Stories, Poems, Letters, and Texts.
  • William Wordsworth was an English poet whose work is still relevant today for its enduring exploration of nature's beauty and its impact on the human spirit.
  • William Wordsworth was born at Cockermouth in Cumberland, the second of five children of John Wordsworth, who worked as an agent and rent collector for Sir...
  • No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees. – William Wordsworth.
  • William Wordsworth is considered the greatest poet of his age. Upon his death he held the position of of Poet Laureate of England.
  • Fate dealt a terrible blow when the Wordsworth's much loved daughter, Dora, died of tuberculosis in 1847, both William and Mary were crushed by their loss.