Ode To Duty (Unabridged)

Do you crave a life of purpose, guided by a higher calling? In William Wordsworth's powerful poem, "Ode To Duty," we embark on a journey of self-reflection. The speaker wrestles with the allure of freedom and the quiet strength of obligation. Is true happiness found in following fleeting desires, or in embracing the steady hand of duty? Listen as Wordsworth's elegant language compels us to consider the unwavering voice within, urging us to live a life of meaning and responsibility. "Ode To Duty" - a timeless exploration of the choices that define us.

William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published by his wife in the year of his death, before which it was generally known as "the poem to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850.