. Backgrounds of literature. ora of that region; and the spirit and qualityof the landscape not only come to the surfacein separate poems and in detached lines, butpenetrate and irradiate the whole body of hisverse. The poet was born at Cockermouth, on the 7thof April, 1770, the second son of John Words-worth, law agent of the Earl of Lonsdale. Thetown is in the northeastern part of the Lakeregion, not many miles from the English Chan-nel, and within sound of the water of the Der-went. On the main street of the old markettown stands the plain, substantial, two-storiedhouse, spacious and comfor
. Backgrounds of literature. ora of that region; and the spirit and qualityof the landscape not only come to the surfacein separate poems and in detached lines, butpenetrate and irradiate the whole body of hisverse. The poet was born at Cockermouth, on the 7thof April, 1770, the second son of John Words-worth, law agent of the Earl of Lonsdale. Thetown is in the northeastern part of the Lakeregion, not many miles from the English Chan-nel, and within sound of the water of the Der-went. On the main street of the old markettown stands the plain, substantial, two-storiedhouse, spacious and comfortable, in which Wil-liam and Dorothy were born; for the two namesought never to be separated, the sisters pas-sionate devotion and genius contributing notonly to the brothers growth and comfort, butto his work. To the south rises the castle, halfin ruins; about are soft, grassy hills. Thegarden at the back of the house, with its hedgesand the river murmuring near, was the play-ground of the children. There flowers bloomed 16.
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