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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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I
was
quite
out
of
spirits,
and
went
into
the
orchard.
When
I
came
in,
he
had
finished
the
poem.
It
was
a
beautiful
afternoon.
The
sun
shone
upon
the
level
fields,
and
they
grew
greener
beneath
the
eye.
Houses,
village,
all
cheerful--people
at
work.
We
sate
in
the
orchard
and
repeated
The
Glow-worm
and
other
poems.
Just
when
William
came
to
a
well
or
trough,
which
there
is
in
Lord
Darlington's
park,
he
began
to
write
that
poem
of
The
Glow-worm;
...
interrupted
in
going
through
the
town
of
Staindrop,
finished
it
about
2
miles
and
a
half
beyond
Staindrop.
He
did
not
feel
the
jogging
of
the
horse
while
he
was
writing;
but,
when
he
had
done,
he
felt
the
effect
of
it,
and
his
fingers
were
cold
with
his
gloves.
His
horse
fell
with
him
on
the
other
side
of
St.
Helens,
Auckland.
So
much
for
The
Glow-worm.
It
was
written
coming
from
Middleham
on
Monday,
12th
April
1802....
On
Tuesday
20th,
when
we
were
sitting
after
tea,
Coleridge
came
to
the
door.
I
startled
him
with
my
voice.
C.
came
up
fatigued,
but
I
afterwards
found
he
looked
well.
William
was
not
well,
and
I
was
in
low
spirits.
Wednesday,
21st.--William
and
I
sauntered
a
little
in
the
garden.
Coleridge
came
to
us,
and
repeated
the
verses
he
wrote
to
Sara.
I
was
affected
with
them,
and
in
miserable
spirits.[59]
The
sunshine,
the
green
fields,
and
the
fair
sky
made
me
sadder;
even
the
little
happy,
sporting
lambs
seemed
but
sorrowful
to
me.
The
pile
wort
spread
out
on
the
grass
a
thousand
shiny
stars.
The
primroses
were
there,
and
the
remains
of
a
few
daffodils.
The
well,
which
we
cleaned
out
last
night,
is
still
but
a
little
muddy
pond,
though
full
of
water....
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