Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the greatest of the Romantic poets. Like his friends Byron and Keats, he produced a remarkable body of work in a very short life. He is remembered for classic poems such as Ozymandias (1818), Ode to the West...
“Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.” – William Wordsworth (The Tables Turned) The English Lake District is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The citation reads: Famous for its scenic landscape of mountains, lakes, houses, gardens and parks, the Lake District...
John Keats’ life spanned only 25 years (1795-1821) during which he wrote some of England’s best loved Romantic poetry. His most memorable works include On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer (1816) and Bright Star, The Eve of St Agnes, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode...
“Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.” – Lord Byron The Ultimate Romantic Byron was the world’s first pop star. He was also “mad, bad and dangerous to know”, according to Lady Caroline Lamb. She should know since she was one of Byron’s most ardent lovers. Their...