（WilliamWordsworth,1770-1850），Britishpoet,hewasborninthefamilyofalawyerin1783,afterhisfatherdied,heandhisbrotherswascaredbyuncle,hisyoungersisterDorothy(多羅西),whowasraisedbythetheirgrandparents.Dorothyandhisweremostintimacy,andshedidnotmarrylifelongbutcompaniedhim

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In1787hewasenrolledintoCambridgeuniversity,forthefurtherstudy,aftergraduaedfromtheuniversityhelivedinFrancewherehemakefriendswithmanyrevolutionaries.HewaslastfortheFrenchrevolution,thinkingthat

itshowedhuman's

intelligence,andthatitwillsavepeoplefromnationalsuferring

anddepression.In1792,WilliamWordsworthbacktoLondon,stillfullofenthusiasmforrevolution.2Buthisunclewasdissatisfactedwithhispoliticalactivities,preventinghimformputting

hismindtothat,andthreateningnothelphimanymore.

Whilehewasindesperation,oneofhisoldclassmatesdiedandlefthim900pounds.SoinOctober1795,Dorothyandhimmovedtocountrytogethertoexplorethemeaningoflifeclosedtonature.Dorothywasintelligentandconsiderate,givinghim

manycreatedinspires.3WordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge(柯爾律治）、RobertSouthey(騷塞）werecalledLakePoets“湖畔派”。

Theyarethefirstromantic

writersappearedinBritishliterature

.Theylovedthenature,haddesireforthedescriptionofthelegalsystemofrurallife(宗法制農村生活),disgustedwitn

capitalisturbancivilizationandcoldmoneyrelationship(資本主義的城市文明和冷酷的金錢關系),sotheywouldratherstayfarfromcities,liveaprivatelife

bythebluelakes.

After,theyownedthename"lakepoets".

4Wordsworthistheleaderofthe"lakepoets".

ButhiscareerintheFrenchrevolutionwasfailed.Thenhealteredhisattentions

tothelandscapeofthenature.However,hispoetry

realizedtheepoch-making(劃時代的)innovations（創新）

sothathewasknownasthefirstmodernpoet.5williamisnotpopularatthattime.first,hispoemsaredifficulttotranslate

,forhecreatedmorephilosophy（哲理）thanepic(敘事詩)poems,Thesecondreasonisthathehasbeenregardedas"reactionaryromantic"(反動的浪漫主義)

,somanypeopledidnotreadhisworks。

6（1）lyricpoetry:LyricalBallads《抒情歌謠集》、TinternAbbey《丁登寺旁》（2）長詩：Prelude《序曲》（3）Excursion《漫游》7In1803,WhenWilliamWordsworthtravelledScotland,hewroted"TheSolitaryReaper"《孤獨的收割人》itdescripedthefarmersandherdsmen's,poorlife,praisedtheirpurequalityandstrengthofwill.Itspoemstyleislight,simple,meaningful.8Beholdher,singleinthefield,YonsolitaryHighlandLass!Reapingandsingingbyherself;Stophere,orgentlypass!AloneshecutsandbindsthegrainAndsingsamelancholystrain;Ohlisten!ForthevaleprofoundIsoverflowingwiththesound.NonightingaledideverchauntMorewelcomenotestowearybandsOftravelersinsomeshadyhaunt,AmongArabiansands;看，一個孤獨的高原姑娘在遠遠的田野間收割一邊割一邊獨自歌唱；請你站住．或者悄悄過！她獨自把麥子割了又捆，唱出無限悲涼的歌聲屏息聽吧！深廣的谷地已被歌聲漲滿而溢！還從未有過夜鶯囀，唱出過如此迷人歌，在沙漠中的綠蔭間撫慰過疲憊的旅客9

Avoicesothrillingne’erwasheardInspring-timefromthecuckoo-birdBreakingthesilenceoftheseasAmongthefarthestHebrides.Willnoonetellmewhatshesings?PerhapstheplaintivenumbersflowForold,unhappy,far-offthings,Andbattleslongago:Orisitsomemorehumblelay.Familiarmatterofto-day?還有從未有過的杜鵑聲聲啼得如此震動靈魂，在遙遠的赫布利底群島打破過大海的寂寥。

她唱什么，誰能告訴我？憂傷的音符不斷流涌，是把遙遠的不聿訴說？是把古代的戰爭吟詠？也許她的歌比較卑謙，只是唱今日平凡的悲歡？

10Somenaturalsorrow,loss,orpain，Thathasbeen,andmaybeagain?What’erthetheme,themaidensangAsifhersongcouldhavenoending;Isawhersingingatherwork,Ando’erthesicklebending;Ilistened,motionlessandstill;And,asImountedupthehill,Themusicin