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This article focuses on the aesthetics of William Wordsworth's work, particularly his early poetry. The implications of this investigation are far-reaching. To learn about Wordsworth's aesthetics is to learn about Romanticism, specifically what I call radical Romanticism and the intricate relation it forges between aesthetics and democracy. I begin the article with a general account of radical aesthetics, addressing its nature, scope, and its relation to the normative, the political, and the everyday. Next, I turn to the radical aesthetics of Words-worth. I then compare radical aesthetics to more traditional accounts of aesthetics, and I conclude by connecting radical Romantic aesthetics to practical power.