William Wordsworth, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from William Wordsworth, Vol. 1: A Biographical Sketch, With Selections From His Writings in Poetry and Prose In preparing this Work, our aim has been to lead those, into whose hands it may fall, to read and enjoy the Poems and Prose writings of Wordsworth - the great Poet-teacher of the Century. Wordsworth's thoughts - pervaded by a thoroughly healthy and elevating tone, because he earnestly desired to make mankind wiser, better, and happier - are expressed in language remarkable for directness, idiomatic strength, grace, and simplicity, in short, they exhibit the English tongue in perfection. We have endeavoured to show, that his Poetry - investing Nature with spirit-meaning and moral significance - of which the human heart possesses the master-key - is essentially characterized by truth and ideality, sublimity and pathos, depth and delicacy, by unfading freshness and an entire purity. Wordsworth's Prose writings, consisting of three closely printed 8vo volumes, were only for the first time collected and published in 1876. The collection was made by the poet's oft expressed desire, and was edited by Dr. A. B. Grosart. These three volumes are of great and permanent value, in regard to matter and manner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.