(The). The school of poetry introduced by the Lake poets
Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who resided in the Lake district of
Cumberland and Westmoreland, and sought inspiration in the simplicity
of nature. The name was first applied in derision by the Edinburgh
Review to the class of poets who followed the above-named trio.
N.B. Charles Lamb, Lloyd, and Professor William (Christopher North)
are sometimes placed among the “Lakers.”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
