Prior to his publication of the "Preface", Wordsworth went with Coleridge to Germany in 1798-99. During this time period, Wordsworth wrote a number of his best lyrical verses. Many critics consider theses verses as Wordsworth's greatest work.
William and his sister returned to England in 1799, and moved to Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Westmorland. This area is near the English Lake District. Robert Southey, another poet, and Coleridge, lived nearby. Wordsworth, Southey, and Coleridge became known as the Lake Poets. Wordsworth married Mary Hutchinson in 1802. She was a childhood friend, who was depicted in "She was a Phantom of Delight". Poems in Two Volumes was published in 1807.
Wordsworth's poetic ability and insight became dull as he became older. His later poetry cannot measure up to the poetry written during his youth.
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