William Wordsworth's "Quote of the Day" highlights the profound value of "little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love" as the true measure of a good life. His work, which launched the ...
William Wordsworth's quote, 'Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be,' offers a ...
Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World, by Jonathan Bate. Yale University Press. 608 pages. $35. William Wordsworth: A Life, by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press. 688 pages. $32.95.
The radical young poet’s backhanded tribute to the older writer is a stern judgment on his lapsed political idealism To Wordsworth Poet of Nature, thou hast wept to know That things depart which never ...
WORDSWORTH’S early life presents a remarkable parallel to the position of magnanimous youth to-day. His world, like ours, was a scene of conflict between discredited institutions and a new spirit, ...