In 1843 he became
poet laureate following the death of Robert Southey.
Following the death of Robert Southey in 1843 Wordsworth became Poet Laureate.
Here, after 1803, the Coleridges, Robert Southey and his wife(Mrs. Coleridge's sister),
Edith Southey and Sara Coleridge, the last of the three, though eldest born.
However, till the score of 209, the team lost the wickets of Grandmaster(20) and Tim Southey(2).
Here, after 1803, the Coleridges, Robert Southey and his wife(Mrs. Coleridge's sister),
and Mrs. Lovell(another sister), widow of Robert Lovell, the Quaker poet, all lived together; but Coleridge was often away from home; and Uncle Southey was a paterfamilias.
Wordsworth, in his poem, the Triad, has left us a description, or poetical glorification, as Sara Coleridge calls it, of the three girls: his own daughter Dora,
Edith Southey and Sara Coleridge, the last of the three, though eldest born.