Poet hailed as Lake District's first 'influencer'
Beloved Romantic poet William Wordsworth was the first "influencer" to champion the Lake District and call for its ...
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William Wordsworth
A white marble life size figure of poet William Wordsworth is now placed next to Shakespeare's memorial and below the bust of Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. The figure is ...
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Poet hailed as Lake District's first 'influencer'
Beloved Romantic poet William Wordsworth was the first "influencer" to champion the Lake District and call for its conservation, a new exhibition claims. Wordsworth penned his Guide to the Lakes ...