The prelude: an autobiographical poem, William Wordsworth. Revised version of http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/2210 . The excursion Complete Poetical Works : [1888] Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 s.n. s.l. s.d “[The prelude] was commenced in the beginning of the year 1799, and completed in the summer of 1805”. -- Revised in 1850