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For \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/wordsworth-william\/\" title=\"View William Wordsworth Biography\"\u003eWilliam Wordsworth,\u003c\/a\u003e the regular rhythm of walking was a stimulus to writing, and he said that “nine-tenths of my verses have been poured out in the open air.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful mini-anthology contains \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/wordsworth-william\/\" title=\"View William Wordsworth Biography\"\u003eWilliam Wordsworth’s\u003c\/a\u003e heart-stopping ‘Old Man Travelling’ alongside contemporary poems that capture the delights of a walk with a dear friend and of walking in solitude. There’s a poem about setting off through city streets to find a river and a heron, and another featuring a surprising encounter on the top of Helvellyn. 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