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The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England

The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth is a compilation of the renowned poet's extensive body of work. It encompasses a variety of poetic forms and themes, reflecting Wordsworth's deep connection to nature and the human experience. Accompanying the poems is a descriptive narrative that offers insights into the picturesque landscapes of the Lake District, a region that greatly influenced Wordsworth's writing. more

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet, born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, and died on April 23, 1850. His poetry is renowned for its depiction of natural landscapes and profound expression of personal emotions and inner world. more

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“ROMEO to BALTHASAR But if thou, jealous, dost return to pry In what I further shall intend to do, By heaven, I will tear thee joint by joint And strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs: The time and my intents are savage-wild, More fierce and more inexorable far Than empty tigers or the roaring sea.”

“But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time; If you have ever looked on better days, If ever been where bells knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear, And know what 'tis to pity and be pitied, Let gentleness my strong enforcement be. . . .”