"The Chimney Sweeper"from Songs of Innocence to James Montgomery for his Chimney-Sweeper's Friend,and Climbing Boys'Album(1824),and Robert Southey (who,like Wordsworth,considered Blake insane)attended Blake's exhibition and included the "Mad Song"from Poetica/Sketches in his miscellany,The Doctor (1834-1837). Blake's final years,spent in great poverty,were cheered by the admiring friendship of a group of younger artists who called themselves"the Ancients."In 1818 he met John Linnell,a young artist who helped him financially and also helped to create new interest in his work.It was Linnell who,in 1825,commissioned him to design illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy,the cycle of drawings that Blake worked on until his death in 1827. William Wordsworth On April 7,1770,William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria,England.Wordsworth's mother died when he was eight-this experience shapes much of his later work.Wordsworth attended Hawkshead Grammar School,where his love of poetry was firmly established and,it is believed,he made his first attempts at verse.While he was at Hawkshead,Wordsworth's father died leaving him and his four siblings orphans.After Hawkshead,Wordsworth studied at St.John's College in Cambridge and before his final semester,he set out on a walking tour of Europe,an experience that influenced both his poetry and his political sensibilities.While touring Europe,Wordsworth came into contact with the French Revolution.This experience as well as a subsequent period living in France,brought about Wordsworth's interest and sympathy for the life,troubles,and speech of the "common man." These issues proved to be of the utmost importance to Wordsworth's"The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Innocence to James Montgomery for his Chimney-Sweeper's Friend, and Climbing Boys' Album (1824), and Robert Southey (who, like Wordsworth, considered Blake insane) attended Blake's exhibition and included the "Mad Song" from Poetical Sketches in his miscellany, The Doctor (1834-1837). Blake's final years, spent in great poverty, were cheered by the admiring friendship of a group of younger artists who called themselves "the Ancients." In 1818 he met John Linnell, a young artist who helped him financially and also helped to create new interest in his work. It was Linnell who, in 1825, commissioned him to design illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy, the cycle of drawings that Blake worked on until his death in 1827. William Wordsworth On April 7, 1770, William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. Wordsworth’s mother died when he was eight—this experience shapes much of his later work. Wordsworth attended Hawkshead Grammar School, where his love of poetry was firmly established and, it is believed, he made his first attempts at verse. While he was at Hawkshead, Wordsworth’s father died leaving him and his four siblings orphans. After Hawkshead, Wordsworth studied at St. John’s College in Cambridge and before his final semester, he set out on a walking tour of Europe, an experience that influenced both his poetry and his political sensibilities. While touring Europe, Wordsworth came into contact with the French Revolution. This experience as well as a subsequent period living in France, brought about Wordsworth’s interest and sympathy for the life, troubles, and speech of the “common man.” These issues proved to be of the utmost importance to Wordsworth’s