I.Life
A. Father died when he was 9; his mother when he was
14.
B. At 16 he was apprenticed to a surgeon.
C. Published Endymion in
1818; it was attacked in
Blackwoods Magazine.
D. Walking tour of the Lake District in the summer of
1818; falls in love with Fanny
Brawne in the fall; Brother
Tom dies in December.
E. Goes to Italy in September of 1820 for his health; dies
in
February of 1821and is buried
in the protestant cemetery
in Rome.
“Here
Lies One Whose Name was Writ in Water”