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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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Thursday,
24th.--Still
a
thaw.
Wm.,
Mary,
and
I
sate
comfortably
round
the
fire
in
the
evening,
and
read
Chaucer.
Thoughts
of
last
year.
I
took
out
my
old
Journal.
Friday,
25th.--Christmas
Day.
We
received
a
letter
from
Coleridge.
His
letter
made
us
uneasy
about
him.
I
was
glad
I
was
not
by
myself
when
I
received
it.
Saturday,
26th.--
...
We
walked
to
Rydale.
Grasmere
Lake
a
beautiful
image
of
stillness,
clear
as
glass,
reflecting
all
things.
The
wind
was
up,
and
the
waters
sounding.
The
lake
of
a
rich
purple,
the
fields
a
soft
yellow,
the
island
yellowish-green,
the
copses
red-brown,
the
mountains
purple,
the
church
and
buildings,
how
quiet
they
were!
Poor
Coleridge,
Sara,
and
dear
little
Derwent
here
last
year
at
this
time.
After
tea
we
sate
by
the
fire
comfortably.
I
read
aloud
The
Miller's
Tale.
Wrote
to
Coleridge....
Wm.
wrote
part
of
the
poem
to
Coleridge.[43]
[Footnote
43:
See
Stanzas,
written
in
my
Pocket
Copy
of
Thomson's
Castle
of
Indolence,
"Poetical
Works,"
vol.
ii.
p.
305.--ED.]
Sunday,
27th.--A
fine
soft
beautiful
mild
day,
with
gleams
of
sunshine.
William
went
to
take
in
his
boat.
I
sate
in
John's
Grove
a
little
while.
Mary
came
home.
Mary
wrote
some
lines
of
the
third
part
of
his
poem,
which
he
brought
to
read
to
us,
when
we
came
home....
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