Wordsworth,William

Wordsworth,William
Words·worth (wûrdzʹwûrth'), William. 1770-1850.
British poet whose most important collection, Lyrical Ballads (1798), published jointly with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped establish romanticism in England. He was appointed poet laureate in 1843.
  Words·worthʹi·an adj.

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