In1787hewasenrolledintoCambridgeuniversity,forthefurtherstudy,aftergraduaedfromtheuniversityhelivedinFrancewherehemakefriendswithmanyrevolutionaries.HewaslastfortheFrenchrevolution,thinkingthatitshowedhuman'sintelligence,andthatitwillsavepeoplefromnationalsuferringanddepression.In1792,WilliamWordsworthbacktoLondon,stillfullofenthusiasmforrevolution.Buthisunclewasdissatisfactedwithhispoliticalactivities,preventinghimformputtinghismindtothat,andthreateningnothelphimanymore.Whilehewasindesperation,oneofhisoldclassmatesdiedandlefthim900pounds.SoinOctober1795,Dorothyandhimmovedtocountrytogethertoexplorethemeaningoflifeclosedtonature.Dorothywasintelligentandconsiderate,givinghimmanycreatedinspires.WordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge(柯爾律治）、RobertSouthey(騷塞）werecalledLakePoets“湖畔派”。

TheyarethefirstromanticwritersappearedinBritishliterature.Theylovedthenature,haddesireforthedescriptionofthelegalsystemofrurallife(宗法制農(nóng)村生活),disgustedwitncapitalisturbancivilizationandcoldmoneyrelationship(資本主義的城市文明和冷酷的金錢關(guān)系),sotheywouldratherstayfarfromcities,liveaprivatelifebythebluelakes.After,theyownedthename"lakepoets".

Wordsworthistheleaderofthe"lakepoets".ButhiscareerintheFrenchrevolutionwasfailed.Thenhealteredhisattentionstothelandscapeofthenature.However,hispoetryrealizedtheepoch-making(劃時代的)innovations（創(chuàng)新）sothathewasknownasthefirstmodernpoet.williamisnotpopularatthattime.first,hispoemsaredifficulttotranslate,forhecreatedmorephilosophy（哲理）thanepic(敘事詩)poems,Thesecondreasonisthathehasbeenregardedas"reactionaryromantic"(反動的浪漫主義),somanypeopledidnotreadhisworks。

（1）lyricpoetry:LyricalBallads《抒情歌謠集》、TinternAbbey《丁登寺旁》（2）長詩：Prelude《序曲》（3）Excursion《漫游》In1803,WhenWilliamWordsworthtravelledScotland,hewroted"TheSolitaryReaper"《孤獨的收割人》itdescripedthefarmersandherdsmen's,poorlife,praisedtheirpurequalityandstrengthofwill.Itspoemstyleislight,simple,meaningful.Beholdher,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

Avoicesothrillingne’erwasheard

Inspring-timefromthecuckoo-bird

BreakingthesilenceoftheseasAmongthefarthestHebrides.

Willnoonetellmewhatshesings?

Perhapstheplaintivenumbersflow

Forold,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(zhàn)爭吟詠？也許她的歌比較卑謙，只是唱今日平凡的悲歡？

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