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- William Wordsworth was born on the 7th April 1770 at Cockermouth in
- Cumberland, England. He grew up in the beautiful lake district that was later
- to provide inspiration for much of his poetry and philosophy. His early
- boyhood was marred by the tragedy that was to accompany him throughout life.
- When he was just eight years old his mother died, followed by his father five
- years later. From a young age, he was very aware that the way in which he lived
- would have a profound influence upon his creativity. He later put many of his
- experiances into the largely autobiographical poem, The Prelude, recognising
- that this was an unconventional method of writing poatry: "A thing
- unprecedented in literary history that a man should talk so much about
- himself." Strong contemporary opinion held that to use poetry to describe
- normal, everyday occurrences was to demean the form. William Wordsworth
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- I wandered lonely as a cloud
- That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
- When all at once I saw a crowd,
- A host, of golden daffodils;
- Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
- Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
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