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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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The
second
bay
we
came
to
differed
from
the
rest;
the
hills
retired
a
short
space
from
the
lake,
leaving
a
few
level
fields
between,
on
which
was
a
cottage
embosomed
in
trees:
the
bay
was
defended
by
rocks
at
each
end,
and
the
hills
behind
made
a
shelter
for
the
cottage,
the
only
dwelling,
I
believe,
except
one,
on
this
side
of
Loch
Ketterine.
We
now
came
to
steeps
that
rose
directly
from
the
lake,
and
passed
by
a
place
called
in
the
Gaelic
the
Den
of
the
Ghosts,[96]
which
reminded
us
of
Lodore;
it
is
a
rock,
or
mass
of
rock,
with
a
stream
of
large
black
stones
like
the
naked
or
dried-up
bed
of
a
torrent
down
the
side
of
it;
birch-trees
start
out
of
the
rock
in
every
direction,
and
cover
the
hill
above,
further
than
we
could
see.
The
water
of
the
lake
below
was
very
deep,
black,
and
calm.
Our
delight
increased
as
we
advanced,
till
we
came
in
view
of
the
termination
of
the
lake,
seeing
where
the
river
issues
out
of
it
through
a
narrow
chasm
between
the
hills.
[Footnote
96:
Goblins'
Cave.--J.
C.
S.]
Here
I
ought
to
rest,
as
we
rested,
and
attempt
to
give
utterance
to
our
pleasure:
but
indeed
I
can
impart
but
little
of
what
we
felt.
We
were
still
on
the
same
side
of
the
water,
and,
being
immediately
under
the
hill,
within
a
considerable
bending
of
the
shore,
we
were
enclosed
by
hills
all
round,
as
if
we
had
been
upon
a
smaller
lake
of
which
the
whole
was
visible.
It
was
an
entire
solitude;
and
all
that
we
beheld
was
the
perfection
of
loveliness
and
beauty.
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