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 “ethanol” or ...

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 ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 7, 1770, the English poet William Wordsworth was born. We are also close to the anniversary of his death, which occurred 80 years later on April 23, 1850.

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 ...