Download or read book Preface to the Lyrical Ballads. by written by William Wordsworth and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface to the Lyrical Ballads The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads is an essay, composed by William Wordsworth, for the second edition (published in January 1801, and often referred to as the "1800 Edition") of the poetry collection Lyrical Ballads, and then greatly expanded in the third edition of 1802.