Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)
; William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
ms, verse'The Cottager to her Infant' by Dorothy Wordsworth, in her hand. Title crossed out on manuscript 'The address to my Niece Altered by my Brother'. First line 'The days are cold, the nights are long'. The third and fourth stanzas that were written by William Wordsworth have been crossed through with pencil. Leaves 7r-7v.
Provenance:
Bequest of Gordon Graham Wordsworth, 1935
Literature:
De Selincourt, E.1952, The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Clarendon Press, II (p.50)
Ketcham, C.H.1989, The Cornell Wordsworth, Cornell University Press, Shorter Poems, 1807-1820 (p.xxiv, 595-596)
See also:
DCMS 51 (Dorothy Wordsworth's Narrative of her Excursion to Ullswater with William Wordsworth, 1805...) (Dorothy Wordsworth, Rydal Mount...)
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