# Memoirs of William Wordsworth Author: Phillips, George S. (George Searle), 1815-1889 Genre: Category: Biographies Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72281 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Memoirs+of+William+Wordsworth+Phillips&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary William Wordsworth is the father of a new school of Poetry, and his name marks an era in the literature of England, which is full of deep interest to the philosophical inquirer. He began his career with profound convictions respecting the nature and functions of poetry; its dignity as an art, and the immense capabilities it afforded for the utterance of sublime and ennobling truths, and for the furtherance of human liberty and happiness. He saw, too, that the old Harp of the Bards was profaned by the touch of uninspired, and even frivolous hands; and he determined, if possible, to rescue it from their keeping, and restore it once again to its divine uses, and ancient melody. To accomplish... ## Chapters - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/14/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/memoirs-of-william-wordsworth-72281/chapters/15/index.md)