William Wordsworth Quote

The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely, the necessity of giving immediate pleasure to a human Being possessed of that information which may be expected from him, not as a lawyer, a physician, a mariner, an astronomer or a natural philosopher, but as a Man.


Lyrical Ballads (2nd ed., 1802) preface


The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely, the necessity of giving immediate pleasure to a human Being possessed of that information which...

The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely, the necessity of giving immediate pleasure to a human Being possessed of that information which...

The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely, the necessity of giving immediate pleasure to a human Being possessed of that information which...

The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely, the necessity of giving immediate pleasure to a human Being possessed of that information which...