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Look out for exciting virtual celebrations from @WordsworthGras tomorrow as they mark William Wordsworth's 250th birthday on 7 April!
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#OnThisDay in 1843, William Wordsworth was appointed Poet Laureate, succeeding Robert Southey who died a few weeks earlier.
#poetry #history #LakeDistrict
(Wordsworth on Helvellyn, a painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon)
William Wordsworth, William Henry Watt, @NLWales https://t.co/fqUjl2M6A3 #wikidata #digitalart #print (Palette: #ZiggyStardust) 🖌🎨
Right Good Mid-Week Read:
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth by Frances Wilson
Some #Emma book covers symbolize the heroine by means of the parasol or umbrella. The Wordsworth Classics edition prompted us to search how many scenes reference an umbrella (none mention a parasol). It's three and they're tied to important moments in the plot. Do you know which?
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold. (William Wordsworth) WOW ~ Word of the Week ~ Posy https://t.co/4NmM4pvDWI #history #flowers #Literature
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold. (William Wordsworth) WOW ~ Word of the Week ~ Posy https://t.co/4NmM4pvDWI #history #flowers… https://t.co/SG0pOuG2LG
Late 1700s & early 1800s Britain was in some ways an enchanted era, of great esoteric creativity.
Magic inspired awesome artworks, from the poems of Burns & Wordsworth, to the paintings of Henry Fuseli.
Below:
The Nightmare
The Night Hag
Fairy Mab
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow
"With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things." William Wordsworth.
#FridayWisdom
#inspiration
Finished today. Dartmoor with words by Wordsworth
#dartmoor #foxes #foxart #devon #nationalpark
#dateforthediary
@WordsworthTrust 15 Feb, 2.15-4.45pm
The Jonathan Wordsworth Memorial Lecture in Three Parts.
By Tony Mehew, David Turner & Dr Cecilia Powell.
🎟️£5, incl tea / coffee. https://t.co/CTIxUGx1eV
#theCulturalConcierge
#Wordsworth250 @EnglishLakesWHS @LakesCulture
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."
#Wordsworth
#literacy matters
"…St Herbert hither came
And here, for many seasons, from the world
He dwelt in solitude. He living here,
This island's sole inhabitant! ..." -William Wordsworth
To find out who St Herbert was visit our Dive into Derwentwater exhibition #ilovemuseums #theplacetobe #keswick
Just finished the second PC character art for Magicast Party: Maplebrooke. It's @QueenSwissy's West Wordsworth!
Remembering the beautiful and talented Natalie Wood who would've 81 today.
#nataliewood #westsidestory #ifeelpretty #maria #happybirthday #splendorinthegrass #eliakazan #williamwordsworth #oldhollywood #alejandromogolloart
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."
#Wordsworth
#literacy matters
"My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!…"
William Wordsworth https://t.co/nG2X5j0eX6
Kicking of this morning with #Edinburgh artist @MNisbet5’s daffodils. These flowers always make me smile. Such lovely movement and drawing. #WilliamWordsworth’s poem springs to mind. Thank you for supporting #TAE19 #twitterartexhibit and @artinhealthcare 11-13 May #Edinburgh
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, by Wordsworth. https://t.co/Dr9ydhQ8yi