William Wordsworth 1798 Lyrical Ballads

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) Author: William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge Release date: January 1, 2006 [eBook #9622] Most recently updated: June 17, 2021 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9622 Credits: Jonathan Ingram and PG Distributed Proofreaders LYRICAL BALLADS, WITH A FEW OTHER POEMS. LONDON PRINTED FOR J. & A. ARCH, GRACECHURCH-STREET. ADVERTISEMENT. It is the honourable characteristic of Poetry that its materials are to be found in every subject which can interest the human mind. The evidence of this fact is to be sought, not in the writings of Critics, but in those of Poets themselves. The majority of the following poems are to be considered as experiments. They were written chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes …