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The Lake Poets

Emma — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

‘These poems put the Lake District at the heart of the English literary imagination.’ James Rebanks

William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey and Charles Lamb – the English ‘lake poets’ – were famously inspired by the landscape of the English Lake District in the first half of the nineteenth century.

This beautifully produced anthology of their work includes favourites such as ‘I Wander’d Lonely as a Cloud’ and ‘Kubla Khan,’ as well as extracts from letters and journals. Introduced by James Rebanks, who grew up in the region, it is the perfect companion for visitors to the Lakes and a delightful gift for poetry lovers.

Selected Poems

Emma — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

A pioneer of the Romantic movement, William Wordsworth wrote about the natural world and human emotion with a clarity of language which revolutionized poetry.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an introduction by Peter Harness.

Selected Poems brings together some of Wordsworth’s most acclaimed and influential works, including an extract from his magnus opus, The Prelude, alongside shorter poems such as ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’, ‘To a Skylark’ and ‘Tintern Abbey’. Wordsworth’s poems, often written at his home in Grasmere in the beautiful English Lake District, are lyrical evocations of nature and of spirituality. They have a force and clarity of language akin to everyday speech which was truly groundbreaking.

Lyrical Ballads

Emma — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Lyrical Ballads (1798) is a landmark collection of poems that marks the beginning of the English Romantic Movement in literature. Co-written by friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the collection broke away from traditional poetic form. Of the twenty-three poems, Wordsworth penned works such as ‘Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey’ and ‘The Idiot Boy’ that use colloquial speech and take the everyday as their theme. The collection also includes Coleridge’s greatest poem ‘The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere’, a supernatural tale of a sailor’s voyage.

William Wordsworth

Emma — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature.

Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty . . .

— Composed Upon Westminster Bridge,
September 3, 1802

PC Selected Poems William Wordsworth

Emma — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000

One of the major poets of Romanticism, Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of the natural world and the spontanous expression of feeling. This volume contains a rich selection from the most creative phase of his life, including extracts from his masterpiece, The Prelude, and the best-loved of his shorter poems such as ‘Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’, ‘Tintern Abbey’, ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’, ‘Lucy Gray’, and ‘Michael’.
Together these poems demonstrate not only Wordsworth’s astonishing range and power, but the sustained and coherent vision that informed his work.