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LOCKING DOWN WITH WORDSWORTH AND HIS WORLD OF THE SUBLIME

In a (sort of) tribute to the romantic poet, Marklands maps its 10 Most Sublime Destinations

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Mark Jones
Apr 09, 2020
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Still from the short film Wordsworth’s Quest for the Sublime

This week we are celebrating the birthday of the poet William Wordsworth. He was 250, or would have been had he not died in 1850 (also in April). The once ardent revolutionary was a bit of a crusty reactionary by the end. He was made Poet Laureate not long before his death. It was a furlough ki…

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