Upon Perusing The Forgoing Epistle Thirty Years After Its Composition

SOON did he Almighty Giver of all rest

Take those dear young Ones to a fearless nest;

And in Death's arms has long reposed the Friend

For whom this simple Register was penned.

Thanks to the moth that spared it for our eyes;

And Strangers even the slighted Scroll may prize,

Moved by the touch of kindred sympathies.

For--save the calm, repentance sheds o'er strife

Raised by remembrances of misused life,

The light from past endeavours purely willed

And by Heaven's favour happily fulfilled;

Save hope that we, yet bound to Earth, may share

The joys of the Departed--what so fair

As blameless pleasure, not without some tears,

Reviewed through Love's transparent veil of years?

William Wordsworth

The English poet William Wordsworth is considered to be one of the most important literary figures in modern history, as well as one of the leading purveyors of the Romantic Movement. He was born in 1770, in Cumbria, and was one of four children. Over the course of his life, he continued to return to the Lake District, and eventually passed away in Cumbria, in 1850. The influence of William Wordsworth should not be underestimated, as he not only helped to kick-start the Romantic Age, he also formed half of one of the most famous literary partnerships in history. The friendship that he shared with fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is now the stuff of legend, as is the subsequent fallout after the friendship fell apart.

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