Love through the ages
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850) L 
ike Blake, Wordsworth was one of the first Romantic Poets. Wordsworth became known as one of ‘the Lake Poets’ after his move to the Lake District where he lived most of his life. Wordsworth is probably best known for his semi-autobiographical work ‘The Prelude’ which was revised several times throughout his life. Wordsworth was England’s Poet Laureate from 1843 to his death in 1850. Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known (1800) Strange fits of passion have I known: And I will dare to tell, But in the Lover's ear alone, What once to me befell. When she I loved looked every day Fresh as a rose in June, I to her cottage bent my way, Beneath an evening-moon. Upon the moon I fixed my eye, All over the wide lea; With quickening pace my horse drew nigh Those paths so dear to me. And now we reached the orchard-plot; And, as we climbed the hill, The sinking moon to Lucy's cot Came near, and nearer still. In one of those sweet dreams I slept, Kind Nature's gentlest boon! And all the while my eyes I kept
My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped: When down behind the cottage roof, At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a Lover's head! "O mercy!" to myself I cried, "
If Lucy should be dead!" G Romantic Period – 1785-1830 
eorge Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) Byron, like Shelley and Keats, is regarded as one of the Second Generation Romantic Poets. He is known for his brief poems and the narrative poems, ‘Don Juan’ and ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’. Byron is as well known for his private life as he is for his poetry. At the centre of many scandals, including an alleged affair with his half sister, Byron was somewhat of a celebrity in his time. She Walks in Beauty (1814) SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.
Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress Or softly lightens o'er her face, Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek and o'er that brow So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, — A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. George Gordon, Lord Byron So We’ll Go No More A-Roving (1817) SO, we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest. Though the night was made for loving, Yet we'll go no more a-roving By the light of the moon.
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helley is known as one of the Second Generation of the Romantic Poets. He is also known as a playwright, essayist and author of Gothic fiction. Shelley is regarded as one of the finest lyric poets, but like many others, was only recognised after his early death from drowning in Italy. Shelley is perhaps best known for his verse works including ‘Ozymandias’ and ‘The Masque of Anarchy’. To… Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory; Odours, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken. Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, Are heaped for the beloved's bed; And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone, Love itself shall slumber on.
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ohn Keats (1795-1821) Keats became one of the key figures in the Second Generation of Romantic Poets. Whilst he was unrecognised in his lifetime, he has become known as one of England’s best poets. Keats’ poetic style was characterised by elaborate word choice, sensual imagery and the creation of odes. Keats’ is also famous for his letter writing; many of these letters still survive and are a topic of great fascination. Keats died in Rome, Italy and is buried there. Bright Star (written 1819, revised 1820) Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art-- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors-- No--yet still stedfast, still unchangeable, Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast, To feel for ever its soft fall and swell, Awake for ever in a sweet unrest, Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live ever--or else swoon to death.
Romantic Period – 1785-1830 Regency Period – 1812-1820
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