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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
127
[Footnote
56:
See
"The
Cock
is
crowing,"
etc.,
vol.
ii.
p.
293.--ED.]
Saturday,
17th.--A
mild
warm
rain.
We
sate
in
the
garden
all
the
morning.
William
dug
a
little.
I
transplanted
a
honey-suckle.
The
lake
was
still.
The
sheep
on
the
island,
reflected
in
the
water,
like
the
grey-deer
we
saw
in
Gowbarrow
Park.
We
walked
after
tea
by
moonlight.
I
had
been
in
bed
in
the
afternoon,
and
William
had
slept
in
his
chair.
We
walked
towards
Rydale
backwards
and
forwards
below
Mr.
Olliff's.
The
village
was
beautiful
in
the
moonlight.
Helm
Crag
we
observed
very
distinct.
The
dead
hedge
round
Benson's
field
bound
together
at
the
top
by
an
interlacing
of
ash
sticks,
which
made
a
chain
of
silver
when
we
faced
the
moon.
A
letter
from
C.
and
also
one
from
S.
H.
I
saw
a
robin
chasing
a
scarlet
butterfly
this
morning.
Sunday,
18th.--Again
a
mild
grey
morning,
with
rising
vapours.
We
sate
in
the
orchard.
William
wrote
the
poem
on
The
Robin
and
the
Butterfly.[57]
...
William
met
me
at
Rydale
...
with
the
conclusion
of
the
poem
of
the
Robin.
I
read
it
to
him
in
bed.
We
left
out
some
lines.
[Footnote
57:
See
vol.
ii.
p.
295.--ED.]
Tuesday,
20th.--A
beautiful
morning.
The
sun
shone.
William
wrote
a
conclusion
to
the
poem
of
the
Butterfly:--
I've
watched
you
now
a
full
half-hour.[58]
[Footnote
58:
Published
as
a
separate
poem.--ED.]
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