Biofuels were not on his mind when 18th century poet William Wordsworth coined the phrase splendour in the grass, but he might find himself struggling to find words that rhyme with or renewable fuel ...

All this year I've been highlighting poets from the Renaissance to today. Last month's column focused on the 18th century and Alexander Pope. By and large, the poets from the 16th to the 18th ...

William Wordsworth, whose 250th birthday we celebrate this year, revolutionized our conception of poetry when he began to write using the language of ordinary men and women. For instance, in his “Ode: ...

Wordsworth’s words come to mind this glorious September day, sweet as youth. Cassidy does not know this now, but one day she will look back and recall days like this, perhaps this very day, romping ...