Young England

YOUNG ENGLAND—what is then become of Old Of dear Old England? Think they she is dead, Dead to the very name? Presumption fed On empty air! That name will keep its hold In the true filial bosom’s inmost fold For ever.—The Spirit of Alfred, at the head Of all who for her rights watched, toiled and bled, Knows that this prophecy is not too bold. What—how! shall she submit in will and deed To Beardless Boys—an imitative race, The 'servum pecus’ of a Gallic breed? Dear Mother! if thou 'must’ thy steps retrace, Go where at least meek Innocency dwells; Let Babes and Sucklings be thy oracles.
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

The English poet William Wordsworth is considered to be one of the most important literary figures in modern history, as well as one of the leading purveyors of the Romantic Movement. He was born in 1770, in Cumbria, and was one of four children. Over the course of his life, he continued to return to the Lake District, and eventually passed away in Cumbria, in 1850. The influence of William Wordsworth should not be underestimated, as he not only helped to kick-start the Romantic Age, he also formed half of one of the most famous literary partnerships in history. The friendship that he shared with fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is now the stuff of legend, as is the subsequent fallout after the friendship fell apart.

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