William Wordsworth (1770-1850) ; Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) ms, letter Wordsworth, William and Wordsworth, Dorothy. - Letter from Goslar, (stamp), to [an den Herrn] S.T. Coleridge. - Dated December 14 or 21, 1798. - 'Have you been to get any information concerning the earlier poets of Germany ...'. - Contains early draft versions of 2 Lucy poems by William Wordsworth with the first lines 'She dwelt among the untrodden ways' and 'Strange fits of passion have I known:' (cf. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, 5 vols, ed. E. de Selincourt, II, 29, 30). Also the latter part of 'Nutting' and parts of the 1799 Prelude (The Prelude 1798-99, ed. Parrish): the Skating Scene (150-185) and Boat-stealing Scene (81-129). - No. 105 in The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth... 1787-1805 ed. E. de Selincourt, revised by Chester L. Shaver. Provenance: Bequest of Gordon Graham Wordsworth, 1935 Exhibited: RW See also: WLL / Wordsworth, W and D / 1 / 55.1 WLL / Wordsworth, W and D / 1 / 55.2 WLL / Wordsworth, W and D / 1 / 55.3 WLL / Wordsworth, W and D / 1 / 55.4 WLL / Wordsworth, W and D / 1 / 55.5

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