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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
100
Wednesday,
10th.--A
very
snowy
morning....
I
was
writing
out
the
poem,
as
we
hoped
for
a
final
writing....
We
read
the
first
part
and
were
delighted
with
it,
but
Wm.
afterwards
got
to
some
ugly
place,
and
went
to
bed
tired
out.
A
wild,
moonlight
night.
Thursday,
11th.--
...
Wm.
sadly
tired
and
working
at
The
Pedlar....
We
made
up
a
good
fire
after
dinner,
and
Wm.
brought
his
mattress
out,
and
lay
down
on
the
floor.
I
read
to
him
the
life
of
Ben
Jonson,
and
some
short
poems
of
his,
which
were
too
interesting
for
him,
and
would
not
let
him
go
to
sleep.
I
had
begun
with
Fletcher,
but
he
was
too
dull
for
me.
Fuller
says,
in
his
Life
of
Jonson
(speaking
of
his
plays),
"If
his
latter
be
not
so
spriteful
and
vigorous
as
his
first
pieces,
all
that
are
old,
and
all
who
desire
to
be
old,
should
excuse
him
therein."
He
says
he
"beheld"
wit-combats
between
Shakespeare
and
Jonson,
and
compares
Shakespeare
to
an
English
man-of-war,
Jonson
to
a
great
Spanish
galleon.
There
is
one
affecting
line
in
Jonson's
epitaph
on
his
first
daughter--
Here
lies
to
each
her
parents
ruth,
Mary
the
daughter
of
their
youth.
At
six
months'
end
she
parted
hence,
In
safety
of
her
innocence.
Two
beggars
to-day.
I
continued
to
read
to
Wm.
We
were
much
delighted
with
the
poem
of
Penshurst.[50]
Wm.
rose
better.
I
was
cheerful
and
happy.
He
got
to
work
again.
[Footnote
50:
By
Ben
Jonson.--ED.]
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