William Wordsworth Quotes


The wind, a sightless laborer, whistles at his task.


Citations

Wordsworth, William. The Excursion, Being a Portion of the Recluse, a Poem. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814, p. 195.

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
  • Born: April 7, 1770
  • Died: April 23, 1850
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet

William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).