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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
169
Now
came
in
view,
as
the
evening
star
sunk
down,
and
the
colours
of
the
west
faded
away,
the
two
lights
of
England,
lighted
up
by
Englishmen
in
our
country
to
warn
vessels
off
rocks
or
sands.
These
we
used
to
see
from
the
pier,
when
we
could
see
no
other
distant
objects
but
the
clouds,
the
sky,
and
the
sea
itself--all
was
dark
behind.
The
town
of
Calais
seemed
deserted
of
the
light
of
heaven,
but
there
was
always
light,
and
life,
and
joy
upon
the
sea.
One
night
I
shall
never
forget--the
day
had
been
very
hot,
and
William
and
I
walked
alone
together
upon
the
pier.
The
sea
was
gloomy,
for
there
was
a
blackness
over
all
the
sky,
except
when
it
was
overspread
with
lightning,
which
often
revealed
to
us
a
distant
vessel
near,
as
the
waves
roared
and
broke
against
the
pier,
and
they
were
interfused
with
greenish
fiery
light.
The
more
distant
sea
always
black
and
gloomy.
It
was
also
beautiful,
on
the
calm
hot
night,
to
see
the
little
boats
row
out
of
harbour
with
wings
of
fire,
and
the
sail
boats
with
the
fiery
track
which
they
cut
as
they
went
along,
and
which
closed
up
after
them
with
a
hundred
thousand
sparkles,
and
streams
of
glow-worm
light.
Caroline
was
delighted.
[Footnote
73:
Compare
the
sonnet
("Poetical
Works,"
vol.
ii.
p.
330)
beginning--
Fair
Star
of
evening,
Splendour
of
the
west.
ED.]
On
Sunday,
the
29th
of
August,
we
left
Calais
at
twelve
o'clock
in
the
morning,
and
landed
at
Dover
at
one
on
Monday
the
30th....
It
was
very
pleasant
to
me,
when
we
were
in
the
harbour
at
Dover,
to
breathe
the
fresh
air,
and
to
look
up,
and
see
the
stars
among
the
ropes
of
the
vessel.
The
next
day
was
very
hot.
We
...
bathed,
and
sate
upon
the
Dover
Cliffs,
and
looked
upon
France
with
many
a
melancholy
and
tender
thought.
We
could
see
the
shores
almost
as
plain
as
if
it
were
but
an
English
lake.
We
mounted
the
coach,
and
arrived
in
London
at
six,
the
30th
August.
It
was
misty,
and
we
could
see
nothing.
We
stayed
in
London
till
Wednesday
the
22nd
of
September,
and
arrived
at
Gallow
Hill
on
Friday.
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