“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
1798. 
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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