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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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Thursday,
20th
May.--A
frosty,
clear
morning.
I
lay
in
bed
late.
William
got
to
work.
I
was
somewhat
tired.
We
sate
in
the
orchard
sheltered
all
the
morning.
In
the
evening
there
was
a
fine
rain.
We
received
a
letter
from
Coleridge
telling
us
that
he
wished
us
not
to
go
to
Keswick.
Friday,
21st
May.--A
very
warm
gentle
morning,
a
little
rain.
William
wrote
two
sonnets
on
Buonaparte,
after
I
had
read
Milton's
sonnets
to
him.
In
the
evening
he
went
with
Mr.
Simpson
with
Borwick's
boat
to
gather
ling
in
Bainrigg's.
I
plashed
about
the
well,
was
much
heated,
and
I
think
I
caught
cold.
Saturday,
22nd
May.--A
very
hot
morning.
A
hot
wind,
as
if
coming
from
a
sand
desert.
We
met
Coleridge.
He
was
sitting
under
Sara's
rock.
When
we
reached
him
he
turned
with
us.
We
sate
a
long
time
under
the
wall
of
a
sheep-fold.
Had
some
interesting,
melancholy
talk,
about
his
private
affairs.
We
drank
tea
at
a
farmhouse.
The
woman
was
very
kind.
There
was
a
woman
with
three
children
travelling
from
Workington
to
Manchester.
The
woman
served
them
liberally.
Afterwards
she
said
that
she
never
suffered
any
to
go
away
without
a
trifle
"sec
as
we
have."
The
woman
at
whose
house
we
drank
tea
the
last
time
was
rich
and
senseless--she
said
"she
never
served
any
but
their
own
poor."
C.
came
home
with
us.
We
sate
some
time
in
the
orchard....
Letters
from
S.
and
M.
H.
Sunday.--I
sat
with
C.
in
the
orchard
all
the
morning....
We
walked
in
Bainrigg's
after
tea.
Saw
the
juniper--umbrella
shaped.
C.
went
to
the
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joined
us
on
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