The River Wye is the fourth longest river in the UK. For much of its length, the river forms part of the border between England and Wales. The lower part, the Wye Valley, is known for its natural beauty. William Wordsworth's poem "Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey"(1798) essentially describes revisiting the banks of Wye in 1738. The location in the title, Tintern Abbey, lies in the Wye Valley on the west bank of the River Wye.
"O sylvan Wye! Thou wanderer through the wood (57)
How often has my spirit turned to thee!" (58)
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