Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) ms, verse Copy of the first four sentences of Dorothy's Alfoxden journal entry for 20 January 1798. Fair copy by William Wordsworth. First sentence, 'the green paths down the hill sides are channels for streams -'. Leaf 50v. Probably transcribed January 1798. This entry was probably copied to help Wordsworth in his poetry, and may contribute to the fragment 'and beneath the star' (DCMS 14.12). The full text is: 'the green paths down the hill sides are channels for streams - the young wheat is streaked by silver lines of water running between the ridges - the sheep are are gathered together on the slopes - after the wet dark days the country seems more populaous it peoples itself in the sunbeams. -' Provenance: Bequest of Gordon Graham Wordsworth, 1935 Exhibited: Dorothy: Writer, Sister, Friend, Wordsworth Grasmere, 2021-2 Literature: Butler, J.Green, K.1992, The Cornell Wordsworth, Cornell University Press, Lyrical Ballads, and Other Poems, 1797-1800 (p.502-3, 716) Moorman, M.1978, Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Oxford University Press, p.1 , See also: DCMS 14 (Brown leather notebook of verse by William Wordsworth)

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Reference DCMS 14.16