Three Poems by WilliamworthWordsworth was born in Cockermouth, England, to John, a prominent aristocrat, and Anneworth. With the death of his mother in 1778, William and his family began to drift apart. William was sent to boarding school in Hawkeshead and his sister, Dorothy, was sent to live with cousins ​​in Halifax. It was in the rural surroundings of Hawkeshead that William learned his appreciation for nature and the outdoors. Unfortunately, the tranquility of his life was disrupted by the death of his father in 1783. William was sent from relative to relative, all seeing him as nothing more than a burden. Biographers have pointed out that Worth's unhappy youth contrasts with the idealized portrait of childhood he presents in his writings (DISCovering). Wordsworth went to college at St. John's College, Cambridge, and later wrote that the highlight of those years was his walking tour of France and Switzerland taken with his friend Robert Jones (Grolier). He graduated in 1791 when the French Revolution was in its third year, but although he expressed no prior interest, he quickly supported the goals of the Revolution. Afterworth was forced to flee France and became involved in the studies of the philosopher William Godwin; Godwin became one of the most enduring influences on Worth (Compton) thinking. In 1793, Worth published his first two volumes of poetry, Descriptive Sketches and An Evening Walk. Written in a traditional manner, the books were not well accepted by the public, but, after the death of a loved one, he became the benefactor of a small inheritance which allowed him to concentrate on writing (Compton's). Feeling that he needed a change of scenery to devote more time to his poetry, William moved in with his sister in Racetown. Dorothy's devotion to her brother contributed greatly to his success; she encouraged his writing and took care of their daily lives (Wordsworth, William DISCovering). However, the most influential person in William's learning was Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Critics consider their friendship one of the most remarkable in English literature (Matlak 86). It was when Worth moved to Nether Stowey to be near Coleridge that he began a period of remarkable creativity. Together they published Lyrical Ballads, an anonymous collection of poems written mostly by Byworth, including the illustrious preface.