Dorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister's LoveJ. Clarke & Company, 1886 - 214 pages |
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... villages as romantic ; and William and I , in a wander by ourselves , found out a sequestered water- fall in a dell formed by steep hills , covered by full- grown timber - trees . The woods are as fine as those at Lowther , and the ...
... villages as romantic ; and William and I , in a wander by ourselves , found out a sequestered water- fall in a dell formed by steep hills , covered by full- grown timber - trees . The woods are as fine as those at Lowther , and the ...
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... village , was condemned to a daily renewal of this trial . Accidents of another kind embittered it still further . Often it would happen that the walking party returned drenched with rain ; in which case the young lady , with a laughing ...
... village , was condemned to a daily renewal of this trial . Accidents of another kind embittered it still further . Often it would happen that the walking party returned drenched with rain ; in which case the young lady , with a laughing ...
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... village had , it seemed , made Mr. Wordsworth the subject of their serious conversation . One said that he had seen him wandering about by night and look rather strange at the moon ! And then he roamed over the hills like a partridge ...
... village had , it seemed , made Mr. Wordsworth the subject of their serious conversation . One said that he had seen him wandering about by night and look rather strange at the moon ! And then he roamed over the hills like a partridge ...
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... village a greater ornament than will ever again be found amongst them . " After leaving Alfoxden , in the autumn of 1798 , Miss Wordsworth accompanied her brother during a residence of six months in Germany , their chief object being ...
... village a greater ornament than will ever again be found amongst them . " After leaving Alfoxden , in the autumn of 1798 , Miss Wordsworth accompanied her brother during a residence of six months in Germany , their chief object being ...
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... villages , but scattered , the valleys themselves were intersected , as now , by innumerable lanes and pathways leading from house to house and from field to field . These lanes , where they are fenced by stone walls , are mostly ...
... villages , but scattered , the valleys themselves were intersected , as now , by innumerable lanes and pathways leading from house to house and from field to field . These lanes , where they are fenced by stone walls , are mostly ...
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Page 78 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils ; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. " Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay ; Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Page 26 - My dear, dear Friend ; and in thy voice I catch The language of my former heart, and read My former pleasures in the shooting lights Of thy wild eyes. Oh! yet a little while May I behold in thee what I was once, My dear, dear Sister!
Page 26 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash...
Page 58 - Shalt show us how divine a thing A Woman may be made. Thy thoughts and feelings shall not die, Nor leave thee, when grey hairs are nigh A melancholy slave; But an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall lead thee to thy grave.
Page 27 - Nor wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings, many years Of absence, these steep woods and lofty cliffs, And this green pastoral landscape, were to me More dear, both for themselves and for thy sake!
Page 121 - I never saw daffodils so beautiful. They grew among the mossy stones about and about them; some rested their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness ; and the rest tossed and reeled and danced...
Page x - own exceeding great reward ; ' it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
Page 53 - I AM not one who much or oft delight To season my fireside with personal talk, Of friends, who live within an easy walk, Or neighbours, daily, weekly, in my sight : And, for my chance-acquaintance, ladies bright, Sons, mothers, maidens withering on the stalk, These all wear out of me, like forms with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire...
Page 24 - IT is the first mild day of March : Each minute sweeter than before The redbreast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense, of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare, And grass in the green Held.
Page 95 - I be loth to stir? I feel this place was made for her; To give new pleasure like the past, Continued long as life shall last. Nor am I loth, though pleased at heart, Sweet Highland Girl!