Though Lord Byron described William Wordsworth as "crazed beyond all hope" and Samuel Taylor Coleridge as "a drunk," the two are exemplary and very important authors of the Romantic period in English literature (648). Together these authors composed a beautiful work of poems entitled Lyrical Ballads. Included in the 1802 work is a very important preface written by William Wordsworth. The preface explains the intention of authors Wordsworth and Coleridge, and more importantly, it includes Wordsworth's personal …showed first 75 words of 2243 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2243 total…Wordsworth's Preface". PLMA. 94.2 (1979): 326-27. 18 Nov 2005 <http://www.jstor.org> Tayebi, Kandi. "David J. Joplin. Coleridge's Idea of Wordsworth as a Philosopher Poet." Rocky Mountain Review. (Spring 2003): 93-4. 18 Nov. 2005 <http://www.jstor.org> Wordsworth, William. Preface to Lyrical Ballads, with Pastoral and Other Poems. 1802. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Romantic Period. Ed. M.H. Abrams, et al. 7th ed. Vol. 2A. New York: Norton and Co., 2000.