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The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of William Wordsworth, one of the most celebrated poets of all time, enhanced with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (8MB Version 1)
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"The Book of Birds" is a pocket book of poetry written by William Wordsworth, with each poem connected through the common theme of birds. This fantastic collection also includes an introductory excerpt from "Reminiscences" (1881) by Thomas Carlyle.
The poems in this collection include: "The Green Linnet", "To a Sky-lark, 1807", "To a Sky-lark, 1827", "To the Cuckoo", "The Sparrow's Nest", "A Wren's Nest", "Animal Tranquillity and Decay", "A Sketch",...
3) The Recluse
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"The Recluse" is part one of an unfinished philosophical poem by William Wordsworth. It was intended to be a long three-part epic but, although planned in his late 20s, Wordsworth went to his grave at 80 years old having written to some completion only "The Prelude" and the second part "The Excursion", and leaving no more than fragments of the rest. "The Recluse" was to be Wordsworth 's three-part masterpiece, but tragically remains uncompleted. We...
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William Wordsworth (1770—1850) was an English Romantic poet famous for helping to usher in the Romantic Age in English literature with the publication of "Lyrical Ballads" (1798), which he co-wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. All the poems of "Lyrical Ballads" are presented in this volume together with his 1807 work "Poems, in Two Volumes" and other assorted poems. Wordsworth's wonderful poesy is evocative of the sublime beauty of both nature...
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Read & Co. presents Wordworth's collected works; "The Prelude", "The Recluse" and "The Excursion" together in one volume with additional biographical excerpts by Anna Maria Hall, Leigh Hunt and Thomas Carlyle. A fantastic collection of Wordsworth's best poetry not to be missed by fans and collectors of his wonderful work.
"The Prelude", a poem written in blank verse, is Wordsworth's autobiographical magnum opus within which he offers the reader a...
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Along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, late 18th century and early 19th century English lyricist William Wordsworth was one of the most prominent poets of the Romantic era. His first work "Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems" was penned with Coleridge, though most of the volume is by Wordsworth, and its publication in 1798, is generally considered to mark the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature. Second editions of "Lyrical Ballads"...
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Wordsworth's "The Prelude" is an autobiographical poem written in blank verse within which he reveals intimate details of his life.
First published after Wordsworth's death in 1880 and titled by his widow Mary, "The Prelude" is Wordsworth's autobiographical magnum opus within which he offers the reader a plethora of personal details about his life. He started writing the when he was 28 and continued to work on it throughout his life. Changed and...
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"The Book of Nature" is a pocket book of poetry written by William Wordsworth.
A common theme of romantic poetry, nature features heavily in the work of William Wordsworth. To him, it represented a living thing; a sublime teacher-god that contained all beauty and divine truth. Through the poetry contained within this collection, Wordsworth expresses his view on the natural world and its important relationship with human beings. A wonderful collection...
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Born in the Lake District and having spent much of his life there, Wordsworth-together with his compatriots Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge-would become known as the Lake Poets, with much of their work being inspired by the area's landscapes and people. Within this volume, Wordsworth presents a fantastic travelers’ guide to the Lake District, which he originally wrote during a time of fiscal need. "A Guide Through the District of the...
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"The Book of Flowers" is a pocket book of poetry written by William Wordsworth, with each poem connected through the common theme of flowers. This fantastic collection also includes an introductory excerpt from "Reminiscences" (1881) by Thomas Carlyle.
The poems in this collection include: "To The Daisy", "To The Same Flower", "To The Small Celandine", "To The Same Flower", "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud", "Or, Daffodils", "The Waterfall And The Eglantine",...
11) Favorite Poems
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Widely considered the greatest and most influential of the English Romantic poets, William Wordsworth (1770-1850) remains today among the most admired and studied of all English writers. He is best remembered for the poems he wrote between 1798 and 1806, the period most fully represented in this selection of 39 of his most highly regarded works. Among them are poems from the revolutionary Lyrical Ballads of 1798, including the well-known "Lines Composed...
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William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).
Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published by his wife in the year...
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First published in 1814, "The Excursion" is the second and only completed part of Wordsworth's three-part work "The Recluse". It is a long poem that revolves around three central figures: the Solitary, who has lived through the horrors and hopes of the French Revolution; the Pastor, to whom a third of the poem is dedicated; and the Wanderer. "The Excursion" enjoyed popularity in the nineteenth century and is highly recommended for fans and collectors...
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First published in 1793, "An Evening Walk - A Romantic Poem for Nature Lovers" is a poem by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. Composed whilst he was at school, the young lady to whom it was addressed was his sister, the poet and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth. A wonderful example of English Romantic poetry, "An Evening Walk" is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Wordsworth's work. William Wordsworth (1770—1850) was an English poet famous...
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This is the first edition of "Lyrical Ballads," published in 1798, written by the English poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor. The collection is generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English romantic movement, and despite negative critical reception at first, subsequent editions were produced and the book has remained a staple in poetry and British literature studies for over two centuries. Wordsworth and Taylor sought to...
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Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature. The immediate effect on critics was modest, but it became and remains a landmark, changing the course of English literature and poetry.
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A beautiful pocket-sized collection featuring Wordsworth's Lucy Poems complete with an introductory excerpts from Thomas De Quincey and Thomas Carlyle.
"The Lucy Poems" are a series of five poems written by Wordsworth from 1798 to 1801, most of which were first published in his famous "Lyrical Ballads". Imbued with abstract ideals of nature, beauty, love, longing and death, the poems were written during a short period when Wordsworth lived in Germany...
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William Wordsworth (1770 -1850) is one of the most popular and enduring of the English poets. His poetry is beloved for its deep feeling, its use of ordinary speech, and its celebration of nature and of the beauty and poetry in the commonplace. Together with his friend, the poet and political activist Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Wordsworth helped launch the romantic age in English literature. These poems demonstrate the astonishing range and beauty of...
