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Wordsworth

by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers

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WORDSWORTH - BY F. W. H. MYERS

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CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I. BIRTH AND EDUCATION—CAMBRIDGE - CHAPTER II. RESIDENCE IN LONDON AND IN FRANCE - CHAPTER III. MISS WORDSWORTH—"LYRICAL BALLADS"—SETTLEMENT AT GRASMERE - CHAPTER IV. THE ENGLISH LAKES - CHAPTER V. MARRIAGE—SOCIETY—HIGHLAND TOUR - CHAPTER VI. SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT—DEATH OF JOHN WORDSWORTH - CHAPTER VII "HAPPY WARRIOR" AND PATRIOTIC POEMS - CHAPTER VIII CHILDREN—LIFE AT RYDAL MOUNT—"THE EXCURSION" - CHAPTER IX POETIC DICTION—"LAODAMIA"—"EVENING ODE" - CHAPTER X NATURAL RELIGION - CHAPTER XI ITALIAN TOUR—"ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS"—POETICAL VIEWS— LAUREATESHIP - CHAPTER XII LETTERS ON THE KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY—CONCLUSION - CHAPTER I. - BIRTH AND EDUCATION—CAMBRIDGE.

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CHAPTER II. - RESIDENCE IN LONDON AND IN FRANCE.

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CHAPTER III. - MISS WORDSWORTH—LYRICAL BALLADS—SETTLEMENT AT GRASMERE.

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CHAPTER IV. - THE ENGLISH LAKES.

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CHAPTER V. - MARRIAGE—SOCIETY—HIGHLAND TOUR.

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CHAPTER VI. - SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT—DEATH OF JOHN WORDSWORTH.

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CHAPTER VII. - "HAPPY WARRIOR," AND PATRIOTIC POEMS.

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Description

Born in the rugged hills of Cumberland, the poet’s childhood was steeped in the quiet rhythms of a legal family and the wild beauty of the English countryside. His early schooling led him to Cambridge, where a restless mind soaked up classical learning while the yearning for nature began to stir beneath the scholarly walls. These formative years sowed the seeds of a voice that would later turn ordinary landscapes into timeless verses.

After university, he drifted to bustling London and then to the salons of France, absorbing the ideas of his age and forging friendships that would shape his art. Back in the Lake District, his partnership with a fellow poet sparked the creation of the groundbreaking Lyrical Ballads, a work that married plain speech with profound feeling. Settling in Grasmere, he found the tranquil lakes and pastoral life that became the heartbeat of his poetry, inviting listeners to hear the world through his reverent, reflective eyes.

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~5 hours (306K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2005-08-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

About the author

F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers

1843–1901

Drawn to the borderland between literature, psychology, and the supernatural, this Victorian thinker helped turn ghost stories and unusual states of mind into subjects for serious debate. His work still stands out for its bold attempt to ask what consciousness is—and whether any part of it survives death.

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