Married Fanny Graham and had four children: Mary Louisa, William, Reginald, Gordon.
Catherine Wordsworth (6 September 1808 – 4 June 1812).Thomas Wordsworth (15 June 1806 – 1 December 1812). While living in France, Wordsworth conceived a daughter, Caroline, out of wedlock he left France, however, before she was born.
after 1858) had one daughter Dora (b.1858). The immediate family circle numbered seven: parents John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson Wordsworth, and their five children, Richard, William, Dorothy. 1848) had six children: Jane, Henry, William, John, Charles and Edward. The childhood of today is the manhood of.
The elder-bush has long since disappeared: it hung over the wall near the Cottage, and the Kitten continued to leap up, catching the leaves as here described. Wordsworth included this note: "Seen at Town-end, Grasmere. Wordsworth added the note "Extempore," which meant that he had written it without any preparation, in the same way that an artist does a quick sketch.Ĭomposed in 1804. Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, When an infant first comes to this earth, she remains virtuous at heart. In Christianity, it is believed that a child is a manifestation of God. Most of his works celebrate that bliss in a child. He praised the pure souls at an early age. In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts William Wordsworth was a worshiper of nature and purity in children. The boughs bore leaves of green that for want of sunshine had faded into almost lily-white and from the underside of this natural sylvan bridge depended long and beautiful tresses of ivy which waved gently in the breeze that might poetically speaking be called the breath of the waterfall." Wordsworth saw children having a close connection to both god and nature, this connection is explained by the theory of transmigration of souls (which claims. Wordsworth wrote this poem while sitting in a favorite spot, by a brook that "fell down a sloping rock so as to make a waterfall considerable for that country, and across the pool below had fallen a tree, an ash if I rightly remember, from which rose perpendicularly, boughs in search of the light intercepted by the deep shade above. Written While Sailing in a Boat at Evening War between Britain and France, however, prevented him from seeing. William Wordsworth died after a short illness on 23 April 1850. After the death of his daughter Dora in 1847, the devastated father stopped writing poetry completely. His sister Dorothy lived with him throughout his life. Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerlandģ8. On a second visit in 1791 he met Annette Vallon with whom he had a child named Caroline. The couple had five children, three of whom predeceased their father. Poems Composed or Suggested During a Tour in the Summer of 1833ģ4. To a Butterfly ("I've watched you now")ģ3. Characteristics of a Child Three Years Oldģ0. Arthur Marder wrote that he was 'the outstanding admiral of the inter-war period'.
To the Small Celandine (Common Pilewort)Ģ8. Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher GCB GCVO (26 March 1875 24 June 1937) was a Royal Navy officer who captained a battleship at the Battle of Jutland and became Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. Purchase AO's Volume 4 poetry collection which includes Tennyson, Dickinson, and Wordsworth in paperback or Kindle ( $amzn) ( K)ġ4. Wikipedia page about Dove Cottage, where Wordsworth lived and worked. William Wordsworth - Marriage and Children Isabella Curwen (d. We compiled a brief biography of Wordsworth for you. The extensive notes included for these poems are based on Wordsworth's own work, but have been adapted for modern readers. Home > By Subject > Poetry > Poems of William Wordsworth, 1770-1850 Poems of William Wordsworth, 1770-1850