"Michael", the final poem in Lyrical Ballads, begins quietly with a line that is nearly a promise and not quite an invitation: "If from the public way you turn your steps ..." The poem goes on to ...

William Wordsworth's "Quote of the Day" highlights the profound value of "little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and ...

The literary works of poet William Wordsworth presented by Irish writer James Plunkett. William Wordsworth was born in 1770 in the town of Cockermouth in Cumbria, England. As a child he was stiff and ...

Toussaint, the most unhappy Man of Men! Whether the rural Milk-maid by her cow Sing in thy hearing, or thy head be now Pillowed in some deep dungeon’s earless den;--O miserable Chieftain! where and ...

Wordsworth penned the 1840 letter in response to a request by Southey, who was Poet Laureate at the time, to cast his eye over a poem. The pair, who both lived in the Lake District, enjoyed a friendly ...

William Wordsworth has been ranked among the best three English poets. We all learnt his poetry with delight at school, and rejoiced to find someone who could bring us down to the woods and rivers of ...