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Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a tour. July 13, 1798 Five years have past; five summers, with the length Of five long winters! and again I hear ...

It is not difficult to see why some poets from Lord Byron to the present have resisted and sometimes even jeered at William Wordsworth (1770-1850). The refreshing heterodoxy of Wordsworth's youthful ...

TINTERN, Wales (AP) _ Here, amid and around the ruins of the medieval Tintern Abbey, the solace and serenity recalled so poetically by William Wordsworth is almost palpable to 21st-century visitors.

From sacred sites, to romantic ruins and impressive monuments Tintern Abbey and Llanthony Priory have inspired generations to create works of art and literature that in turn have inspired the world.

THIS extract from Wordsworth’s celebrated poem encapsulates his philosophy about the healing and moral power of nature. The preceding lines have noted how “the aching joys” and “dizzy raptures” which ...

It is not difficult to see why some poets from Lord Byron to the present have resisted and sometimes even jeered at William Wordsworth (1770-1850). The refreshing heterodoxy of Wordsworth's youthful ...