Book 7 from Prelude: Wordsworth and Humans

William Wordsworth obviously does not like people. In Book 7 he clearly points this out. But it is important to realize that he's not merely saying people should not exist or that they are completely pointless. Rather, Bill is commenting on how people in large groups can accomplish nothing and that what they do is only for their own personal desires. The only solution to this is for people to reconnect to Nature, but even then Nature is someting that not everyone can appreciate.