A Touching Narrative of Kindness keeping a shell of a Man Alive
Wordsworth’s poem “ The Old Cumberland Beggar ” ( click here ) was composed in 1798 and published in Lyrical Ballads (1800 edition). It is a touching narrative of kindness keeping a shell of a man alive; while also an exhortation against the legislative measures to get beggars into poorhouses.... Sign in to see full entry.