Wordsworth, William

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1. A nineteenth-century English poet; one of the leading figures of romanticism. His poems include “Daffodils” (which begins with the words “I wandered lonely as a cloud”), “The World Is Too Much with Us,” “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood,” and “The Prelude.”

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Wordsworth, William, the poet, the Howes' visit to, 115, 116.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Julia Ward Howe

Wordsworth, William, a favorite edition of, 24; read by old men, 111.

From The Booklover and His Books by Harry Lyman Koopman

Wordsworth, William, resided in 1797 at Alfoxden, a house near Holford.

From Somerset by G. W. Wade

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From Locusts and Wild Honey by John Burroughs

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From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge