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Hereditary Genius
Wordsworth, William; poet. His epitaph by Keble is so grand and just, that I reprint
an extract from it here:— “A true Philosopher and Poet, who, by the special
gift and calling of Almighty God, whether he discoursed on Man or Nature,
failed not to lift up the heart to holy things; tired not of maintaining the cause
of the poor and simple; and so, in perilous times, was raised up to be the chief
minister, not only of noblest poesy, but of high and sacred truth.” He does not
appear to have been precocious as a boy; he was a hot republican in his youth;
did not attain rank as a poet till manhood, about aet. 40. He was a principal
member of the “Lake” school of poets; d. aet. 82.
B. Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, master of Trinity College, Cambridge;
author of “Ecclesiastical Biography,” &c. He had the three following sons,
nephews of the poet:—
N. John; excellent scholar, Cambridge, 1827; d. young.
N. Rev. Christopher, Bishop of Lincoln; senior classic, Cambridge, 1830; formerly
public orator of Cambridge, and Head Master of Harrow; voluminous author.
N. Charles, Bishop of Dunkeld; also an excellent scholar.
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