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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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[Footnote
74:
It
may
not
be
a
too
trivial
detail
to
note
that
Coleridge's
Dejection,
an
Ode,
appeared
in
The
Morning
Post
on
Wordsworth's
marriage
day.--ED.]
We
left
Kirby
at
about
half-past
two.
There
is
not
much
variety
of
prospect
from
K.
to
Helmsley,
but
the
country
is
very
pleasant,
being
rich
and
woody,
and
Helmsley
itself
stands
very
sweetly
at
the
foot
of
the
rising
grounds
of
Duncombe
Park,
which
is
scattered
over
with
tall
woods;
and,
lifting
itself
above
the
common
buildings
of
the
town,
stands
Helmsley
Castle,
now
a
ruin,
formerly
inhabited
by
the
gay
Duke
of
Buckingham.
Every
foot
of
the
road
was
of
itself
interesting
to
us,
for
we
had
travelled
along
it
on
foot,
William
and
I,
when
we
went
to
fetch
our
dear
Mary,
and
had
sate
upon
the
turf
by
the
roadside
more
than
once.
Before
we
reached
Helmsley,
our
driver
told
us
that
he
could
not
take
us
any
further,
so
we
stopped
at
the
same
inn
where
we
had
slept
before.
My
heart
danced
at
the
sight
of
its
cleanly
outside,
bright
yellow
walls,
casements
overshadowed
with
jasmine,
and
its
low,
double
gavel-ended
front....
Mary
and
I
warmed
ourselves
at
the
kitchen
fire.
We
then
walked
into
the
garden,
and
looked
over
a
gate,
up
to
the
old
ruin
which
stands
at
the
top
of
the
mount,
and
round
about
it
the
moats
are
grown
up
into
soft
green
cradles,
hollows
surrounded
with
green
grassy
hillocks,
and
these
are
overshadowed
by
old
trees,
chiefly
ashes.
I
prevailed
upon
William
to
go
up
with
me
to
the
ruins....
The
sun
shone,
it
was
warm
and
very
pleasant.
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