Good thinking on Wordsworth, Dave. I don't think we're too far apart on
him. Cowper, yes! I knew it was a poet whose name started with a C
whom I hadn't read much of but had read enough of to agree with those
considering him an important forebear of WW, but grabbed Crabbe,
instead. (As I typed the "WW," I remembered Williams--interesting that
the second one to go in the most major way (I think) toward "natural
speech" was another WW.)
I've been switching computers around after getting one with more storage
space I've needed for three or four years, so haven't done anything with
my text yet. May not for a while. The computers are wearing me out.
all best, Bob
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