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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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Wednesday,
6th
August.--
...
William
came
home
from
Keswick
at
eleven
o'clock.
Thursday
Morning,
7th
August.--
...
William
composing
in
the
wood
in
the
morning.
In
the
evening
we
walked
to
Mary
Point.
A
very
fine
sunset.
Friday
Morning.--We
intended
going
to
Keswick,
but
were
prevented
by
the
excessive
heat.
Nailed
up
scarlet
beans
in
the
morning....
Walked
over
the
mountains
by
Wattendlath....
A
most
enchanting
walk.
Wattendlath
a
heavenly
scene.
Reached
Coleridge's
at
eleven
o'clock.
Saturday
Morning.--I
walked
with
Coleridge
in
the
Windy
Brow
woods.
Sunday.--Very
hot.
The
C.'s
went
to
church.
We
sailed
upon
Derwent
in
the
evening.
Monday
Afternoon.--Walked
to
Windy
Brow.
Tuesday.--
...
Wm.
and
I
walked
along
the
Cockermouth
road.
He
was
altering
his
poems.
Wednesday.--Made
the
Windy
Brow
seat.
Thursday
Morning.--Called
at
the
Speddings.
In
the
evening
walked
in
the
wood
with
W.
Very
very
beautiful
the
moon.
Sunday,
17th
August.--
...
William
read
us
The
Seven
Sisters.
Saturday,
23rd.--A
very
fine
morning.
Wm.
was
composing
all
the
morning.
I
shelled
peas,
gathered
beans,
and
worked
in
the
garden
till
1/2
past
12.
Then
walked
with
Wm.
in
the
wood....
The
gleams
of
sunshine,
and
the
stirring
trees,
and
gleaming
boughs,
cheerful
lake,
most
delightful....
Wm.
read
Peter
Bell
and
the
poem
of
Joanna,
beside
the
Rothay
by
the
roadside.
Tuesday,
26th.--
...
A
very
fine
solemn
evening.
The
wind
blew
very
fierce
from
the
island,
and
at
Rydale.
We
went
on
the
other
side
of
Rydale,
and
sate
a
long
time
looking
at
the
mountains,
which
were
all
black
at
Grasmere,
and
very
bright
in
Rydale;
Grasmere
exceedingly
dark,
and
Rydale
of
a
light
yellow
green.
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