William Wordsworth in Grasmere, Cumbria (continued)

The memorial to William Wordsworth at the entrance to the village.

The Wordsworth memorial in St Oswald's church:

'TO THE MEMORY OF

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH,

A TRUE PHILOSOPHER AND POET,

WHO, BY THE SAME SPECIAL GIFT AND CALLING OF

ALMIGHTY GOD,

WHETHER HE DISCOURSED ON MAN OR NATURE,

FAILED NOT TO LIFT UP THE HEART

TO HOLY THINGS,

TIRED NOT OF MAINTAINING THE CAUSE

OF THE POOR AND SIMPLE;

AND SO, IN PERILOUS TIMES WAS RAISED UP

TO BE A CHIEF MINISTER,

NOT ONLY OF NOBLEST POESY,

BUT OF HIGH AND SACRED TRUTH.

THIS MEMORIAL

IS PLACED HERE BY HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS,

IN TESTIMONY OF

RESPECT, AFFECTION, AND GRATITUDE.

ANNO MDCCCLI.'

The Wordsworth daffodil garden, a tribute to the poet.

'For oft, when my couch I lie

In vacant of in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude:

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodil.

                             William Wordsworth'

'WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

1850
MARY WORDSWORTH'

'DOROTHY WORDSWORTH

1855'

'DORA QUILLIAN

9TH DAY OF JULY

1847'

'EDWARD QUILLIAN

Born at Oporto, August 12th 1791.

Died at Loughbrigg Holme, July 8th 1851.'

'JOHN WORDSWORTH

BROTHER OF WILLIAM AND DOROTHY

"A SILENT POET", A "CHERISHED VISITANT"

AND LOVER OF THIS VALLEY. BORN 4 DEC:

1772, HE DIED AT HIS POST AS COMMANDER

OF THE EARL OF ABERGAVENNEY WHICH

WAS WRECKED IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

5 FEBRUARY 1805. HE WAS BURIED AT

WYKE REGIS.'

My other William Wordsworth links:

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William Wordsworth in Cockermouth, Cumbria
William Wordsworth in Hawkshead, Cumbria
William Wordsworth at Dove Cottage and Allan Bank in Grasmere, Cumbria
William Wordsworth at Rydal Mount, Ambleside, Cumbria