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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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IV
DOROTHY
WORDSWORTH'S
JOURNAL
WRITTEN
AT
GRASMERE
(FROM
10TH
OCTOBER
1801
TO
29TH
DECEMBER
1801)
EXTRACTS
FROM
DOROTHY
WORDSWORTH'S
JOURNAL,
WRITTEN
AT
GRASMERE,
FROM
10TH
OCTOBER
1801
TO
29TH
DECEMBER
1801
Saturday,
10th
October
1801.--Coleridge
went
to
Keswick,
after
we
had
built
Sara's
seat.
Thursday,
15th.--
...
Coleridge
came
in
to
Mr.
Luff's
while
we
were
at
dinner.
William
and
I
walked
up
Loughrigg
Fell,
then
by
the
waterside....
Saturday,
24th.--Attempted
Fairfield,
but
misty,
and
we
went
no
further
than
Green
Head
Gill
to
the
sheepfold;
mild,
misty,
beautifully
soft.
Wm.
and
Tom
put
out
the
boat....
Sunday,
25th.--Rode
to
Legberthwaite
with
Tom,
expecting
Mary....
Went
upon
Helvellyn.
Glorious
sights.
The
sea
at
Cartmel.
The
Scotch
mountains
beyond
the
sea
to
the
right.
Whiteside
large,
and
round,
and
very
soft,
and
green,
behind
us.
Mists
above
and
below,
and
close
to
us,
with
the
sun
amongst
them.
They
shot
down
to
the
coves.
Left
John
Stanley's[37]
at
10
minutes
past
12.
Returned
thither
1/4
past
4,
drank
tea,
ate
heartily.
Before
we
went
on
Helvellyn
we
got
bread
and
cheese.
Paid
4/
for
the
whole.
Reached
home
at
nine
o'clock.
A
soft
grey
evening;
the
light
of
the
moon,
but
she
did
not
shine
on
us.
Mary
and
I
sate
in
C.'s
room
a
while.
[Footnote
37:
The
landlord
of
Wytheburn
Inn.--ED.]
Tuesday,
10th
[November].--Poor
C.
left
us,
and
we
came
home
together.
We
left
Keswick
at
2
o'clock
and
did
not
arrive
at
Grasmere
till
9
o'clock.
I
burnt
myself
with
Coleridge's
aquafortis.
C.
had
a
sweet
day
for
his
ride.
Every
sight
and
every
sound
reminded
me
of
him--dear,
dear
fellow,
of
his
many
talks
to
us,
by
day
and
by
night,
of
all
dear
things.
I
was
melancholy,
and
could
not
talk,
but
at
last
I
eased
my
heart
by
weeping--nervous
blubbering
says
William.
It
is
not
so.
O!
how
many,
many
reasons
have
I
to
be
anxious
for
him.
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