Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is gre… - William Wordsworth

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Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.

William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, launched the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 publication of Lyrical Ballads.

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Also Known As: Bard of Rydal Mount

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Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares!— The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays.

A power is passing from the earth.

But the sweet face of Lucy Gray
Will never more be seen.
The storm came on before its time:
She wandered up and down;
And many a hill did Lucy climb:
But never reached the town.

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished. - William Wordsworth

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