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Wordsworth Grasmere

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‘the sweetest place on Earth'

Dorothy Wordsworth, letter to Lady Beaumont, 11 June 1805

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'The loveliest spot that man hath ever found'

Explore the Garden-Orchard at Dove Cottage, home of William and Dorothy Wordsworth

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'This plot of orchard-ground is ours; / My trees they are, my Sister's flowers'

Lines from 'To a Butterfly' by William Wordsworth

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'Stop here whenever you are weary, / And rest as in a sanctuary!'

Lines from 'To a Butterfly' by William Wordsworth

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'O happy Garden! whose seclusion deep / Hath been so friendly to industrious hours'

Lines from 'A Farewell' by William Wordsworth

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'I wandered lonely as a Cloud'

The story behind the creation of William Wordsworth's most famous poem, also known as 'Daffodils'.

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