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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
55
Friday
Evening
[29th
August].--We
walked
to
Rydale
to
inquire
for
letters.
We
walked
over
the
hill
by
the
firgrove.
I
sate
upon
a
rock,
and
observed
a
flight
of
swallows
gathering
together
high
above
my
head.
They
flew
towards
Rydale.
We
walked
through
the
wood
over
the
stepping-stones.
The
lake
of
Rydale
very
beautiful,
partly
still.
John
and
I
left
Wm.
to
compose
an
inscription;
that
about
the
path.
We
had
a
very
fine
walk
by
the
gloomy
lake.
There
was
a
curious
yellow
reflection
in
the
water,
as
of
corn
fields.
There
was
no
light
in
the
clouds
from
which
it
appeared
to
come.
Saturday
Morning,
30th
August.--
...
William
finished
his
Inscription
of
the
Pathway,[28]
then
walked
in
the
wood;
and
when
John
returned,
he
sought
him,
and
they
bathed
together.
I
read
a
little
of
Boswell's
Life
of
Johnson.
I
went
to
lie
down
in
the
orchard.
I
was
roused
by
a
shout
that
Anthony
Harrison
was
come.
We
sate
in
the
orchard
till
tea
time.
Drank
tea
early,
and
rowed
down
the
lake
which
was
stirred
by
breezes.
We
looked
at
Rydale,
which
was
soft,
cheerful,
and
beautiful.
We
then
went
to
peep
into
Langdale.
The
Pikes
were
very
grand.
We
walked
back
to
the
view
of
Rydale,
which
was
now
a
dark
mirror.
We
rowed
home
over
a
lake
still
as
glass,
and
then
went
to
George
Mackareth's
to
hire
a
horse
for
John.
A
fine
moonlight
night.
The
beauty
of
the
moon
was
startling,
as
it
rose
to
us
over
Loughrigg
Fell.
We
returned
to
supper
at
10
o'clock.
Thomas
Ashburner
brought
us
our
8th
cart
of
coals
since
May
17th.
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