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(7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) Wordsworth's Greatest __Work__ is generally considered to be //The Prelude,//a semiautobiographical poem of his early years which he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published, prior to which it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". The volume gave neither Wordsworth's nor, Coleridge's name as author. One of Wordsworth's most famous poems, "Tintern Abbey", was published in the work, along with Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". The second edition, published in 1800, had only Wordsworth listed as the author, and included a preface to the poems, which was augmented significantly in the 1802 edition. This Preface to //Lyrical Ballads//is considered a central work of theory. In it, Wordsworth discusses what he sees as the elements of a new type of poetry, one based on the "real language of men" and which avoids the poetic diction of much 18th-century poetry. Here, Wordsworth gives his famous definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility." A fourth and final edition of //Lyrical Ballads// was published in 1805. Wordsworth was Britain's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850 (Source 2).

WORKS OF WORDSWORTH:
 * Lyrical Ballads , with a Few Other Poems (1798)
 * "Simon Lee"
 * " We are Seven "
 * " Lines Written in Early Spring "
 * " Expostulation and Reply "
 * " T he Tables Turned "
 * "The Thorn"
 * " Lines Composed A Few Miles above Tintern Abbey "
 * Lyrical Ballads , with Other Poems (1800)
 * Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
 * " Strange fits of passion have I known "
 * " She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways "
 * "Three years she grew" [|[14]]
 * " A Slumber Did my Spirit Seal
 * "I travelled among unknown men
 * " Lucy Gray "
 * "The Two April Mornings"
 * " Nutting "
 * "The Ruined Cottage"
 * "Michael"
 * "The Kitten At Play"
 * Poems, in Two Volumes (1807)Guide to the Lakes (1810) The Excursion (1814) Laodamia  (1815, 1845)
 * " Resolution and Independence "
 * " I Wandered __Lonely__ as a __Cloud__ " Also known as "Daffodils"
 * " My Heart Leaps Up "
 * " Ode: Intimations of Immortality "
 * " Ode to Duty "
 * " The Solitary Reaper "
 * " Elegiac Stanzas "
 * " Composed upon Westminster Bridge, 3 September 1802 "
 * " London, 1802 "
 * " The World Is Too Much with U"
 * The Prelude <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (1850)