News at Eleven (Back Page): Wordsworth changed forever the way we view

the natural world and the inner world of feeling. He also connected the two indivisibly. We are his heirs, and we see and feel through him. His vision illumined our landscape.

His name is inextricably connected with the Lake District, where he was born in Cockermouth in 1770.

from The Guardian: An introduction to the poetry of William Wordsworth
also The Guardian: The Romantic Poets
also The Guardian: An introduction to the poetry of Robert Burns
also The Guardian: An introduction to the poetry of Lord Byron

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