Wiliam Wordsworth lived and wrote in Grasmere, in England’s Lake District, from 1799-1808.
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The idea that human activity threatens nature, and that it is important to protect wild places, dates back to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.
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Poems sing to us that life really matters, now.
Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park in the Lake District where the Wordsworth walked often.
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The great walker and poet can give us much to ponder and marvel at on our daily jaunts
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Different and contradictory versions of the poet have existed since the first literary tourists went looking for his legacy.
Sylvia Plath stuck this bookplate into the front cover of her copy of ‘The Great Gatsby.’
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For centuries, readers have written in the margins of their books to indicate admiration, disagreement or inspiration. Plath was no different.
Dorothy Wordsworth’s ambitious walking practices helped to encourage female mountaineers to follow in her footsteps.
William Blake, Pity, 1795, Tate.
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The Romantics - including poets William Blake and William Wordsworth - lived in the 18th century, but their passionate ideas about imagination and nature are still influential today.
Loneliness (feeling alone) and solitude (being alone) are not the same thing.
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For those who are finding the social distancing isolating, here are some lessons from ancient hermits, who often found joy in being alone.