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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
53
Friday,
1st
August.--In
the
morning
I
copied
The
Brothers.
Coleridge
and
Wm.
went
down
to
the
lake.
They
returned,
and
we
all
went
together
to
Mary
Point,
where
we
sate
in
the
breeze,
and
the
shade,
and
read
Wm.'s
poems.
Altered
The
Whirlblast,
etc.
We
drank
tea
in
the
orchard.
Saturday
Morning,
2nd.--Wm.
and
Coleridge
went
to
Keswick.
John
went
with
them
to
Wytheburn,
and
staid
all
day
fishing,
and
brought
home
2
small
pikes
at
night.
I
accompanied
them
to
Lewthwaite's
cottage,
and
on
my
return
papered
Wm.'s
rooms....
About
8
o'clock
it
gathered
for
rain,
and
I
had
the
scatterings
of
a
shower,
but
afterwards
the
lake
became
of
a
glassy
calmness,
and
all
was
still.
I
sate
till
I
could
see
no
longer,
and
then
continued
my
work
in
the
house.
Sunday
Morning,
3rd.--
...
A
heavenly
warm
evening,
with
scattered
clouds
upon
the
hills.
There
was
a
vernal
greenness
upon
the
grass,
from
the
rains
of
the
morning
and
afternoon.
Peas
for
dinner.
Monday
4th.--Rain
in
the
night.
I
tied
up
scarlet
beans,
nailed
the
honeysuckles,
etc.
etc.
John
was
prepared
to
walk
to
Keswick
all
the
morning.
He
seized
a
returned
chaise
and
went
after
dinner.
I
pulled
a
large
basket
of
peas
and
sent
to
Keswick
by
a
returned
chaise.
A
very
cold
evening.
Assisted
to
spread
out
linen
in
the
morning.
Tuesday
5th.--Dried
the
linen
in
the
morning.
The
air
still
cold.
I
pulled
a
bag
full
of
peas
for
Mrs.
Simpson.
Miss
Simpson
drank
tea
with
me,
and
supped,
on
her
return
from
Ambleside.
A
very
fine
evening.
I
sate
on
the
wall
making
my
shifts
till
I
could
see
no
longer.
Walked
half-way
home
with
Miss
Simpson.
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