Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry), 1843-1901 / 2008-07-27 00:00:00
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WORDSWORTH
BY F. W. H. MYERS
"From worlds not quickened by the sun
A portion of the gift is won;
An intermingling of Heaven's pomp is spread
On ground which British shepherds tread."
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
BIRTH AND EDUCATION--CAMBRIDGE
CHAPTER II.
RESIDENCE IN LONDON AND IN FRANCE
CHAPTER III.
MISS WORDSWORTH--"LYRICAL BALLADS"--SETTLEMENT AT
GRASMERE
CHAPTER IV.
THE ENGLISH LAKES
CHAPTER V.
MARRIAGE--SOCIETY--HIGHLAND TOUR
CHAPTER VI.
SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT--DEATH OF JOHN WORDSWORTH
CHAPTER VII
"HAPPY WARRIOR" AND PATRIOTIC POEMS
CHAPTER VIII
CHILDREN--LIFE AT RYDAL MOUNT--"THE EXCURSION"
CHAPTER IX
POETIC DICTION--"LAODAMIA"--"EVENING ODE"
CHAPTER X
NATURAL RELIGION
CHAPTER XI
ITALIAN TOUR--"ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS"--POETICAL VIEWS--
LAUREATESHIP
CHAPTER XII
LETTERS ON THE KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY--CONCLUSION
CHAPTER I.
BIRTH AND EDUCATION--CAMBRIDGE.
I cannot, perhaps, more fitly begin this short biography than with
some words in which its subject has expressed his own feelings as to
the spirit in which such a task should be approached.
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