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…showed last 75 words of 604 total…many of them compare with the works of Shakespeare and Milton (Mahoney 173). Queen Victoria honored him in 1843 when she appointed him poet laureate. Wordsworth died in 1850. Work Cited Mahoney, John L. William Wordsworth A Poetic Life. New York. Fordham University Press. 1997 Peacock, Markham L. The Critical Opinions of William Wordsworth. New York. Octogon Books. 1969. Wordsworth, William "Surprised by Joy". The Norton Anthology of British Literature Abrams et al. Seventh Edition Volume II. New York . Norton 2000.