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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
43
Saturday.--A
sweet
mild
rainy
morning.
Grundy
the
carpet
man
called.
I
paid
him
£1:
10s.
Went
to
the
blind
man's
for
plants.
I
got
such
a
load
that
I
was
obliged
to
leave
my
basket
in
the
road,
and
send
Molly
for
it....
Sunday,
June
1st.--Rain
in
the
night.
A
sweet
mild
morning.
Read
ballads.
Went
to
church.
Singers
from
Wytheburn.
Walked
upon
the
hill
above
the
house
till
dinner
time.
Went
again
to
church.
After
tea,
went
to
Ambleside,
round
the
Lakes.
A
very
fine
warm
evening.
Upon
the
side
of
Loughrigg
my
heart
dissolved
in
what
I
saw:
when
I
was
not
startled,
but
called
from
my
reverie
by
a
noise
as
of
a
child
paddling
without
shoes.
I
looked
up,
and
saw
a
lamb
close
to
me.
It
approached
nearer
and
nearer,
as
if
to
examine
me,
and
stood
a
long
time.
I
did
not
move.
At
last,
it
ran
past
me,
and
went
bleating
along
the
pathway,
seeming
to
be
seeking
its
mother.
I
saw
a
hare
on
the
high
road....
Monday.--A
cold
dry
windy
morning.
I
worked
in
the
garden,
and
planted
flowers,
etc.
Sate
under
the
trees
after
dinner
till
tea
time....
I
went
to
Ambleside
after
tea,
crossed
the
stepping-stones
at
the
foot
of
Grasmere,
and
pursued
my
way
on
the
other
side
of
Rydale
and
by
Clappersgate.
I
sate
a
long
time
to
watch
the
hurrying
waves,
and
to
hear
the
regularly
irregular
sound
of
the
dashing
waters.
The
waves
round
about
the
little
Island
seemed
like
a
dance
of
spirits
that
rose
out
of
the
water,
round
its
small
circumference
of
shore.
Inquired
about
lodgings
for
Coleridge,
and
was
accompanied
by
Mrs.
Nicholson
as
far
as
Rydale.
This
was
very
kind,
but
God
be
thanked,
I
want
not
society
by
a
moonlit
lake.
It
was
near
eleven
when
I
reached
home.
I
wrote
to
Coleridge,
and
went
late
to
bed.
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