Word Root of TEMPERANCE. The Latin word temperÄre, meaning â to make mild, â â to control, â or â to soften, â gives us the root temper. Words from the Latin temperÄre have something to do with mildness or control.
William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry..
The Modern English period dawned just after Chaucer, during the Renaissance Period in England. The great poet William Shakespeare (1564 â 1616) enhanced English literature immensely. Even today his poetry was accepted as unbeaten by the whole world. The earliest work as a dramatist dates from 1591 of Henry VI, Henry V and Richard III.