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en-wikipedia-org-2769		Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	571	87	69	Preface to the Lyrical Ballads Wikipedia Jump to navigation The preface to the Lyrical Ballads is an essay, composed by William Wordsworth, for the second edition (published in January 1801, and often referred to as the "1800 Edition") of the poetry collection Lyrical Ballads, and then greatly expanded in the third edition of 1802. (Wordsworth uses common man's language.) "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of emotion" that "takes its origin from emotion, recollected in tranquility." William Wordsworth External links[edit] Wikisource has original text related to this article: William Wordsworth The Lucy poems The Lucy poems Wordsworth House (birthplace and childhood home) This article about a literary essay or essay collection is a stub. This poetry-related article is a stub. Categories: Works by William Wordsworth Essays about poetry Poetry stubs All stub articles Edit links This page was last edited on 30 August 2020, at 11:35 (UTC).	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2769.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2769.txt