William Wordsworth

England
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet

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The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose.

Intimations of Immortality
And he is oft the wisest man
Who is not wise at all.

The Oak and the Broom
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
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