Person    | Male  Born 7/4/1770  Died 23/4/1850

William Wordsworth

Categories: Poetry, Seriously Famous

Romantic poet. Born Cumberland, with the perfect name for a poet (see Isambard Brunel for more examples of nominative determinism). Died Grasmere, the Lake District.  Passing through London in 1802 on his way to visit his ex-mistress and their daughter in France he was impressed with the view from Westminster Bridge and composed surely the best poem ever written about London: "Earth hath not anything to show more fair....".

The poem's full title is 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge, 3 September 1802' which is rather confusing since they crossed the bridge on 31 July 1802. It was first published in 1807.

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