“Fill
your papers with the breathings of your heart.”
– William Wordsworth
Wise words from the man who helped
launch what’s known as “The Romantic Age” in English literature with his share
of the renowned Lyrical Ballads in
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His
“Lines Written in Early Spring,” one of the ballads, has some of the most
beautiful descriptive writing about the season ever penned, and if you want to
see a “How it should be done” piece read that one alone -- if you don’t have
time for the entire Lyrical Ballads
masterpiece.
Poet
Laureate of Great Britain from1843-1850, the year of his death, Wordsworth wrote
a string of beautiful in-depth poems over a span of 50 years, including The Prelude, considered one of the
greatest epic poems of all time.
“The best portion of a man’s life," Wordsworth said, "(are) his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
“The best portion of a man’s life," Wordsworth said, "(are) his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
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