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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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Thursday.--Rydale
vale
was
full
of
life
and
motion.
The
wind
blew
briskly,
and
the
lake
was
covered
all
over
with
bright
silver
waves,
that
were
there
each
the
twinkling
of
an
eye,
then
others
rose
up
and
took
their
place
as
fast
as
they
went
away.
The
rocks
glittered
in
the
sunshine.
The
crows
and
the
ravens
were
busy,
and
the
thrushes
and
little
birds
sang.
I
went
through
the
fields,
and
sate
for
an
hour
afraid
to
pass
a
cow.
The
cow
looked
at
me,
and
I
looked
at
the
cow,
and
whenever
I
stirred
the
cow
gave
over
eating....
A
parcel
came
in
from
Birmingham,
with
Lamb's
play
for
us,
and
for
C....
As
we
came
along
Ambleside
vale
in
the
twilight,
it
was
a
grave
evening.
There
was
something
in
the
air
that
compelled
me
to
various
thoughts--the
hills
were
large,
closed
in
by
the
sky....
Night
was
come
on,
and
the
moon
was
overcast.
But,
as
I
climbed
the
moss,
the
moon
came
out
from
behind
a
mountain
mass
of
black
clouds.
O,
the
unutterable
darkness
of
the
sky,
and
the
earth
below
the
moon,
and
the
glorious
brightness
of
the
moon
itself!
There
was
a
vivid
sparkling
streak
of
light
at
this
end
of
Rydale
water,
but
the
rest
was
very
dark,
and
Loughrigg
Fell
and
Silver
How
were
white
and
bright,
as
if
they
were
covered
with
hoar
frost.
The
moon
retired
again,
and
appeared
and
disappeared
several
times
before
I
reached
home.
Once
there
was
no
moonlight
to
be
seen
but
upon
the
island-house
and
the
promontory
of
the
island
where
it
stands.
"That
needs
must
be
a
holy
place,"
etc.
etc.
I
had
many
very
exquisite
feelings,
and
when
I
saw
this
lofty
Building
in
the
waters,
among
the
dark
and
lofty
hills,
with
that
bright,
soft
light
upon
it,
it
made
me
more
than
half
a
poet.
I
was
tired
when
I
reached
home,
and
could
not
sit
down
to
reading.
I
tried
to
write
verses,
but
alas!
I
gave
up,
expecting
William,
and
went
soon
to
bed.
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