Wordsworth, William

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

Wordsworth, William, quotations from; the poet of the mountains.

From Locusts and Wild Honey by Burroughs, John

Wordsworth, William, 3, 41, 65, 65, 102, 268, 277, 285.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

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

From Somerset by Wade, G. W.

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

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman

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

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward