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Description: | Wordsworth was an early conservationist, passionate about protecting the rural beauty of the Lake District. He was outraged when he heard of plans to extend the railway from Kendal to Windermere.
Hoping his recent appointment as Poet Laureate would carry some weight, he wrote in protest to the Prime Minister, William Gladstone, on 15 October 1844. "We are in this neighbourhood all in consternation", he complained, "that is, every man of taste and feeling, at the stir which is made for carrying a branch Railway from Kendal to the head of Windermere… When the subject comes before you officially, as I suppose it will, pray give it more attention than its apparent appearance might call for…"
Find out more about Wordsworth's Lake District in our Literary Landscapes virtual exhibition. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Letters Trains Poetry | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Wordsworth, William | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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