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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
73
[Footnote
39:
Compare
To
a
Highland
Girl,
1.
8--
A
murmur
near
the
silent
lake.
ED.]
[Footnote
40:
Probably
some
of
the
lines
afterwards
included
in
The
Excursion.--ED.]
Friday,
20th.--We
walked
in
the
morning
to
Easedale.
In
the
evening
we
had
cheerful
letters
from
Coleridge
and
Sara.
Saturday,
21st.--We
walked
in
the
morning,
and
paid
one
pound
and
4d.
for
letters.
William
out
of
spirits.
We
had
a
pleasant
walk
and
spent
a
pleasant
evening.
There
was
a
furious
wind
and
cold
at
night.
Mr.
Simpson
drank
tea
with
us,
and
helped
William
out
with
the
boat.
Wm.
and
Mary
walked
to
the
Swan,
homewards,
with
him.
A
keen
clear
frosty
night.
I
went
into
the
orchard
while
they
were
out.
Sunday,
22nd.--We
wrote
to
Coleridge.
Tuesday,
24th.--
...
It
was
very
windy,
and
we
heard
the
wind
everywhere
about
us
as
we
went
along
the
lane,
but
the
walls
sheltered
us.
John
Green's
house
looked
pretty
under
Silver
How.
As
we
were
going
along
we
were
stopped
at
once,
at
the
distance
perhaps
of
50
yards
from
our
favourite
birch
tree.
It
was
yielding
to
the
gusty
wind
with
all
its
tender
twigs.
The
sun
shone
upon
it,
and
it
glanced
in
the
wind
like
a
flying
sunshiny
shower.
It
was
a
tree
in
shape,
with
stem
and
branches,
but
it
was
like
a
spirit
of
water.
The
sun
went
in,
and
it
resumed
its
purplish
appearance,
the
twigs
still
yielding
to
the
wind,
but
not
so
visibly
to
us.
The
other
birch
trees
that
were
near
it
looked
bright
and
cheerful,
but
it
was
a
creature
by
its
own
self
among
them....
We
went
through
the
wood.
It
became
fair.
There
was
a
rainbow
which
spanned
the
lake
from
the
island-house
to
the
foot
of
Bainriggs.
The
village
looked
populous
and
beautiful.
Catkins
are
coming
out;
palm
trees
budding;
the
alder,
with
its
plum-coloured
buds.
We
came
home
over
the
stepping-stones.
The
lake
was
foamy
with
white
waves.
I
saw
a
solitary
butter-flower
in
the
wood....
Reached
home
at
dinner
time.
Sent
Peggy
Ashburner
some
goose.
She
sent
me
some
honey,
with
a
thousand
thanks.
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