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Newspaper articles, one an illustration captioned “The Pitt Press” and the other “Life and travels of the Apostle Paul.”

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1r

26th June 1830–Sunday Evening–Dictated by William Wordsworth to Dorothy Wordsworth Pen^r.

“In this fair vale hath many a tree”

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1v

Dr. Schoeffer’s Prescriptions for and experience in the cure of the cholera—Mortons—Vienna.

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2r

Copy of Mr Carr’s statement for Dr. W. Philips, 28th July 1824.

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2v

By liking, a friendship may grow out of strife; / But love is the sunshine & starlight of life.

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3r–4v

Copy of a poem written by William Wordsworth as a school exercise. He was then 14 years old.

“And has the sun his flaming chariot driven”

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5r–6r

Copy of a letter to Hindley, 6 Grays Inn, October 4^th, 1830, from William Wordsworth.

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6v–7r

For a monument to be placed in the grounds of Coleorton Hall Leicestershire to the Memory of the late George Howland Beaumont.

“With copious eulogy in prose or rhyme”

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7v

Blank.

8r–10r

Extracts from the commonplace book of Isabella Countess of Glencairn. Who died at Boulogne after a residence there of several years. … [First entry dated Jan 17^th 1820]

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10r–12r

From the mouth of the Countess of Glencairn–written down by Miss Barker (Ms Slade Smith) and copied from her Sarah Book

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12r–13r

On the Birth of Mr. Middleton’s eldest child—a son. … Mary Barker Jan^ry 6^th 1816 Copied by D.W. S^r.

“Of all the ancient House first born”

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13v

26^th June 1830. Dictated by W Wordsworth to D Wordsworth Senior. Recopied August 2nd 1832, D Wordsworth.

“In this fair Vale hath many a Tree”

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14r

A twofold harmony is here.

“A twofold harmony is here”

1

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14r

Lines addressed to Joanna Hutchinson from Gwerndovennant June 1826 [Version A].

“Now, at the close of fervid June”

2

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14v

Cont’d.

“–Through languid air, through leafy boughs”

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15r

Cont’d.

“In thy declining days to roam”

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15v

Irregular Stanzas / Holiday at Gwerndovennant May 1826 [Version A].

“‘You’re here for one long vernal day”

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16r

Cont’d.

“She opened for the mountain brook”

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16v

Cont’d.

“So vanishes my idle dream”

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Holiday at Gwerndovennant / Irregular Stanzas [Version B].

“You’re here for one long vernal day”

4

Dora

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“The shelter of our rustic cot”

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17r

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“A truce to this unbridled course!”

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17v

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“The closing hymn of chearful praise”

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18r

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“An instant – and all sadness goes”

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18v

Cont’d.

“And, trust me, whatsoe’er your doom”

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Grasmere–A Fragment [Version A].

“Peaceful our valley, fair & green”

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Cont’d.

“Here too in many a sheltered chink”

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Lines written (rather say begun) [Version A].

“The worship of this Sabbath morn (four stanzas only)”

6

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19r

A Sketch.

“There is one cottage in our Dale”

7

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19r

A cottage in Grasmere Vale [Version B of Grasmere–A Fragment].

“Peaceful our valley, fair and green”

8

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19v

Cont’d.

“Yet when I sit on rock or hill”

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20r

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“A green unfading Grove it is”

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20r

After-recollections at the sight of the same Cottage [Version C of Grasmere—A Fragment].

“When first I saw that dear abode”

9

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20v

A winter’s ramble in Grasmere Vale [Version D of Grasmere—A Fragment].

“A Stranger, Grasmere, in thy Vale”

10

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21r

Cont’d.

“Beneath that rock my course I stayed”

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21v

To Julia Marshall – A Fragment [Version A].

“Ah Julia! Ask a Christmas rhyme”

11

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22r

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“Under a row of stately trees”

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22v

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“That oft-times would repress, beguile”

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23r

Blank.

23v

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24r

Memorandum of an adventure in Dr. Andrew Bell’s early life taken from the mouth of his sister at Cheltenham May 30th 1831.

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24v

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25r

Blair’s Grave.

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25v

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26r

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26v

Sick-bed Consolations composed during the Spring of the year 1832.

Title only

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27

Stub.

28r

Lines intended for my Niece’s Album [Version A].

“Dear Maiden did thy youthful mind”

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Dora

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28v

Cont’d.

“Confiding hopes of youthful hearts”

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To Dora Wordsworth [Version B of “Lines intended for my Niece’s Album”].

“Confiding hopes of youthful hearts”

13

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29r

Lines intended for Edith Southey’s album.

“Fair Edith of the Classic Hill”

14

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29v

Continuation

“A strong cord draws me to the Maid”

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30

Stub.

31r

Cont’d.

“If such these be, how blest the day”

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31v

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“Weakness, God pities and will heal”

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31v

Floating Island at Hawkshead, An Incident in the schemes of Nature.

“Harmonious Powers with Nature work”

15

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32r

Cont’d.

“Food, shelter, safety there they find”

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32v

Thoughts on my Sick-Bed.

“And has the remnant of my life”

16

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33r

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“No! then I never felt a bliss”

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33v

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34

Stub.

35–36r

Blank.

36v

Sonnets by Henry Hutchinson, No. 1 and No. 2

“Dear Mona, I must leave thee for a while”

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37r

Untitled [Rydal Mount JH June 21st 1832].

“Why was I absent at that hour”

JH

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37v

Irregular Verses [Version B of “To Julia Marshall – A Fragment”].

“Maxims of caution, prudent fears”

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38r

Cont’d. [Poem begins on 38r]

“Ah Julia! Ask a Christmas Rhyme”

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38v

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“And sunny seats and shady bowers,”

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39r

Cont’d. [includes patch sewn over 39r, patch can be lifted] ⁽⁵⁾

“The paths of usefulness, in active life;”

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39v

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“Stifled ambition, checked the aim”

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40r

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“Though it with chearfulness keep time”

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40v

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“Thou dost not ask, thou dost not need”

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41r

Blank.

41v

To E. C.

“I’ve marked thee from a little child”

18

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42r–43r

Blank.

43v

Fragment Christmas-day.

“Not calmer was that glorious Christmas-day night”

19

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43v

[Untitled fragment].

“This flower, the garden’s proudest boast”

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44r

Fragment Xmas Day.

“This is the day when kindred meet”

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44v

[Version B of “Lines written (rather say begun)”].

“A prisoner in this quiet room”

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45r

To D.

“A thousand delicate fibres link”

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45v

Blank.

46

Stub.

47r

Lines written (rather say begun) on the Morning of Sunday April 6th [Version C of “Lines written (rather say begun)”]. [Includes patch pasted over 47r, patch can be lifted] ⁽⁷⁾

“The worship of this Sabbath morn” 
Patch: “Conscious that they are safe from man”

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47v

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“Sweet prelude are these lingering hours”

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Cont’d. [Patch pasted over 47v, patch can be lifted]

“These lingering hours”

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“Of living things in budding trees & in the air above”

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48r

On a most beautiful Sunday morning April 1824 [Version D of “Lines written (rather say begun”].

“The worship of this Sabbath morn”

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48v

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[Version E of “Lines written (rather say begun)”]. Pasted to 48v.

“The worship of this Sabbath morn”

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[Version F of “Lines written (rather say begun)”]. Pasted to 48v.

“The worship of this Sabbath morn”

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49r

From the “Forget me not” A.D. 1834 and “Human Life” (by C. C.) [Christopher Cookson].

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50

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51r

To.

“To things the fairest in this world”

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51v

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52r

Imitation of Horace, Book 2, Oct. 16th.

“For ease, the harassed Seaman prays”

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52v

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“He who enjoys, nor covets more”

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53r

Cont’d.

“He who would happy live today”

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Coniston Lake. Sonnet. Dedicated to Miss Wordsworth Sept. 1833.

“And do I once again from this high hill”

Unknown

53v

Copied from the Newcastle Journal of Saturday March 15th 1834.

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Poet’s Corner – Sonnet. On Hearing of the Recovery of the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from an Alarming Illness.

Pasted to 54r ⁽¹⁴⁾

In a small town no matter where Signed the Ancient Mariner Ramsey Dec^r 1833.

“In a small town no matter where”

Unknown

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54v

To Sarah Foxcroft’s Infant.

“I will not seek to fathom God’s decrees”

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55r

[Untitled]. Folio has been cut in rectangle at bottom third.

“When shall I tread your garden path?”

30

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55v

Loving & Liking [Version A].

“Dear child I would not still be teaching”

31

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Stub.

57r

Loving & Liking [Version A].

“That store the mind, the memory feed”

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57v

Blank.

58r

Lines written (rather begun) on the morning of Sunday, April 6th, the third approach of Spring-time since my illness began [Version G of “Lines written (rather say begun)”].

“The worship of this Sabbath morn”

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58r

Prose and Verse about the Death of John Shaw.

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58v

Prose about Thomas Carr.

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59r

Loving & Liking [Version B].

“You may not love a roasted fowl”

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59v

Blank.

60

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61–78

Blank.