Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Wordsworth was a lucky guy, that's for sure. He spent time in France during the French Revolution (in 1791), which eventually became an incredibly violent and bloody affair. (Source.)
Wordsworth wasn't the greatest guy in the world. He left France before his French girlfriend, Annette Vallon, gave birth to his illegitimate child, Caroline. (Source.)
Wordsworth was once very close friends with another famous, famous Romantic poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The two fellas just couldn't quite get along, however, and eventually drifted apart. (Source.)
In 1813, Wordsworth was appointed Distributor of Stamps for Westmoreland (an area in northwest England). This was a decent job that paid about 400 pounds a year (that's a lot). Maybe poetry didn't quite pay all the bills. (Source.)