fellow another poet who absolutely loves the works of Byron, gives the honor of comparing Wordsworth’s work to that of Byrons.“Next to Byron, there is no poet whose writings have had so much influence on the taste of age as Wordsworth. Byron drove on through the upper air till the thunder of his wheels died on the ear. Wordsworth drove to Parnassus by the lower road, got sometimes lost in the bushes and lowland fogs, and was much molested by mosquito critics.”(Tucker, 196)Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1829, Note book,Life by S.Longfellow vol. I, p.172Longfellow compared the works of Wordsworth to Lord Byron, perhaps the most accomplished English writer of that time. His works included Fugitive Pieces, a collection of his early poetry. In Byron’s work many emotions are displayed, and compared to Wordsworth, they were much similar to the fact that Wordsworth’s fascination to his loves affected the way his poems came to be. Longfellow also mentioned that Byron was traveling on top, while Wordsworth worked through hardships to succeed but ultimately both ended up where they deserved to be, at the top of the literary world.This is a letter written by Wordsworth himself to Lady Beaumont, it seems to criticize his own work, this is a true judgement upon him.“Troubled not yourself about their present reception; of what moment is that compared with what I trust is their destiny? To console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight, by making the happy happier; to teach the young , and the gracious of every age, to see, to think, and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous-this is their office, which I trust they will faithfully perform, long after we (that is, all that is mortal of us) are mouldered in our graves.”(Tucker, 193)William Wordsworth, 1807, Letter to Lady Beaumont, May 21; Knights’s Life of Wordsworth, vol. II, p. 88This is part of a letter sent t...
