1798 in poetry
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First edition title page of Wordsworth's and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth in 1798, about the time he began The Prelude.
"Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" is a poem by William Wordsworth. The title, Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 17
1798 in poetry
…words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). July 13 – William Wordsworth's poem Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour, 13 July 1798 written. William Wordsworth begins writing the first version of The Prelude, finishing it in two parts in 1799. This version describes the growth of…
The Abbey and the upper reaches of the Wye, a painting by William Havell, 1804
A print by Thomas Hearne of the "Iron Forge at Tintern" (1795)
Wordsworth on Helvellyn by Benjamin Robert Haydon