Her
brothers
William and John, with
Coleridge, were all at Dove Cottage at that time.
William Wordsworth
..
MS. to Sir George Beaumont, 1805.]
[Variant 14:
The lurking brooks for their ...
MS. to Sir George Beaumont, 1805.]
[Variant 15:
And the blue sky that roofs ...
MS. to Sir George Beaumont, 1805.]
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FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: Dorothy Wordsworth alludes to one of these "Fairs" in her
Grasmere Journal, September 2, 1800.
Her
brothers
William and John, with
Coleridge, were all at Dove Cottage at that time.
"They all went to Stickle Tarn. A very fine, warm, sunny, beautiful
morning. We walked to the fair. ... It was a lovely moonlight night.
We talked much about our house on Helvellyn. The moonlight shone only
upon the village. It did not eclipse the village lights; and the sound
of dancing and merriment came along the still air. I walked with
Coleridge and William up the lane and by the church...."
