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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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Friday,
10th
October.--In
the
morning
when
I
arose
the
mists
were
hanging
over
the
opposite
hills,
and
the
tops
of
the
highest
hills
were
covered
with
snow.
There
was
a
most
lively
combination
at
the
head
of
the
vale
of
the
yellow
autumnal
hills
wrapped
in
sunshine,
and
overhung
with
partial
mists,
the
green
and
yellow
trees,
and
the
distant
snow-topped
mountains.
It
was
a
most
heavenly
morning.
The
Cockermouth
traveller
came
with
thread,
hardware,
mustard,
etc.
She
is
very
healthy;
has
travelled
over
the
mountains
these
thirty
years.
She
does
not
mind
the
storms,
if
she
can
keep
her
goods
dry.
Her
husband
will
not
travel
with
an
ass,
because
it
is
the
tramper's
badge;
she
would
have
one
to
relieve
her
from
the
weary
load.
She
was
going
to
Ulverston,
and
was
to
return
to
Ambleside
Fair....
The
fern
among
the
rocks
exquisitely
beautiful....
Sent
off
The
Beggars,
etc.,
by
Thomas
Ashburner....
William
sat
up
after
me,
writing
Point
Rash
Judgment.
Saturday,
11th.--A
fine
October
morning.
Sat
in
the
house
working
all
the
morning.
William
composing....
After
dinner
we
walked
up
Greenhead
Gill
in
search
of
a
sheepfold.
We
went
by
Mr.
Olliff's,
and
through
his
woods.
It
was
a
delightful
day,
and
the
views
looked
excessively
cheerful
and
beautiful,
chiefly
that
from
Mr.
Olliff's
field,
where
our
own
house
is
to
be
built.
The
colours
of
the
mountains
soft,
and
rich
with
orange
fern;
the
cattle
pasturing
upon
the
hilltops;
kites
sailing
in
the
sky
above
our
heads;
sheep
bleating,
and
feeding
in
the
water
courses,
scattered
over
the
mountains.
They
come
down
and
feed,
on
the
little
green
islands
in
the
beds
of
the
torrents,
and
so
may
be
swept
away.
The
sheepfold
is
falling
away.
It
is
built
nearly
in
the
form
of
a
heart
unequally
divided.
Looked
down
the
brook,
and
saw
the
drops
rise
upwards
and
sparkle
in
the
air
at
the
little
falls.
The
higher
sparkled
the
tallest.
We
walked
along
the
turf
of
the
mountain
till
we
came
to
a
track,
made
by
the
cattle
which
come
upon
the
hills....
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