Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) ; William Wordsworth (1770-1850) ms, prose Four homemade notebooks of prose, mostly in the hand of Dorothy Wordsworth and an unknown hand. 1821. Notebooks originally containing various numbers of leaves (55, 54, 30, 63). Contains 'Recollections of a tour in Scotland' with revisions from the 1803 text. Also contains copies of some of William Wordsworth's poems. Size varies, approx 259mm x 199mm (hxw). This manuscript is also known as MS. D of 'Recollections of a Tour in Scotland'. Four homemade stitched notebooks with cloth covers. Countermark C WILMOT 1821. See below for a full list of the contents of this manuscript (DCMS 97.1-97.14). Provenance: Bequest of Gordon Graham Wordsworth, 1935 See also: DCMS 97.1 ('Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland' by Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)) DCMS 97.2 ('To the Sons of Burns' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'Ye are now panting up Life's hill') DCMS 97.3 ('Composed at Cora Lynn in sight of Wallace's Tower' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'Lord of the Vale! astounding Flood! ') DCMS 97.4 ('To a Highland Girl at Inversneyde, upon Loch Lomond' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'Sweet Highland girl a very shower') DCMS 97.5 ('Browne's Britannia Pastorals' by William Browne (c.1590-c.1645), ms first line 'As I have seen when on the breast of Thames') DCMS 97.6 (Untitled verse by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'Child of loud throated War, the mountain stream') DCMS 97.7 ('The Prelude' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line '_____ brook and road, were fellow travellers in this gloomy Pass') DCMS 97.8 ('Glen-Almain or the Narrow Glen' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'In this still place, remote from men') DCMS 97.9 ('Stepping Westward' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line '"What you are stepping westward?"-"Yea"') DCMS 97.10 ('Rob Roy's Grave' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'A famous man is Robin Hood') DCMS 97.11 ('The Solitary Reaper' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'Behold her single in the field') DCMS 97.12 ('Yarrow Unvisited' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'From Stirling castle we had seen') DCMS 97.13 ('The Matron of Jedborough and her Husband' by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'Age! twine thy brows with fresh spring flowers!') DCMS 97.14 (Untitled verse by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), ms first line 'Fly some kind Spirit, fly to Grasmere Vale!')

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Further information on Dorothy Wordsworth's visit to Carlisle before her tour of Scotland can be found in Joseph Massey's article.