New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-08

IN her tstcr yeays; bu sfe not nournfr a1y uofe
ter he rs ins.Lfihe Age did no. blubth feelings,
nov dssa.n her iu,sres. in he ersn.s of ths day A.
nc, very lora ago that she sai ~o,t
of iyirg IN snch place 'as tue L-ke disuicJ Ffs 70
nesng one unTihps 20 60 yv;..jr II 1H.r. tho
bloyef d urhrcr vas gone, and tncl tie aged hls-
bsI5 arr thep the scr.i'lsw, end tnen TIE oevo.ei
fii.bo Nj. " Ord'yorths pnslsae nr. noXon, WHO
psii bis duty occ sioDslJ by the eide OF her ehau;
then sbs became Blind and c,a'. Sim hsI enesI,4.-
uess Sc indorntahie No 6oub, she wolld N realty
have been "riling 70 60 wnsnsYfr c.Aed uPop,
Trough a. her long A'e bnt sle ked NE 20 tne snl;
By her d;si.tefese3ress Of na'e, by her for'nde Of
suirt arc her constitution elasticity end activity,
she qualified for the hsLor OF her house-
hod-uuTsiDg and burying t;en, and bearing the BE-
reayeue1t which they were vcarlousy spared. S1e
did il wsey tenaefy brsvely and ebeeEully, and she
vii be reu embered accordingly by sA "ho witnessed
the sps ctscle.
1t was by the accident 'so to speak Of her early
f,euoslip with NOIdswOrths sitter that her LIE be-
cane involved with the poetic cems nt, which her
mis- would hardly have sought for tsef IN another
potitioD She w.s the Incarnation OF good sense, "a
apI LED 70 .he copcrBs Of the everyday Sort II as
far as ter marriage end course Of he tended 70 infua
a rev elevation into hsr views Of things, il WAS
blssi-g; and On the Other hsnt, IN ss far as j, in
fected her with The spr Of ezclosiveness which vas
The grard detect of tee group N IL own place, il
va hurtfu: but il was less sn EVIL than an amuse-
inert after Al. II rather serons matter 70 her
the poets cenurcistocs of the railway, aud to read
his vekuowu comets on the decoration OF The Lake
reqion by the ur urhalloved presence Of commonplace
,lrapgers ard il was truly palrtal 10 observe
fow tie scCTEful and grudgirg mood spread among
the yOurg. wLo thought they were agreeing WITH
WorcsgoT IN claiming the vaes and lakes as naG-
rel properly for ther enlightened se9es. But i gls
20 unlike Mrs Wordsworth with her kindly, cheery,
eenerous ,urp, to say that green field Win butter
6ues would answer AL the purposes OF Lancashire
operatives, end that they did not know What to do
with hemselves when they care among the noun
tairs that the Innocent il science could do 70 harm.
II became 6xed tenDentgbe she alone surVlyedto 20
l., asfff ont~rg gAhf he
yeit hborf God in a good natured way. People from
Birthwa.e were the bugbear-B rthwae b,iog the
eud of TIL railway In the Suuer OF 1851 Mrs Words
yorthe companion told her she being then blind that
there were some strangers in the gardenwO or three
boys ontte Mount, looking ct the view. " Boys from
Bitbwate raid the old lady, in the well-known tone
which conveyed that nothing good could come from
Birthu ate. When the strar gers were gone it ep-
pear, that they the Prince Of Wai,s ant his
companions. Mixing al oxhncs for pre udces, neither
few ror email bat easily dissolved when reason and
liDdliness had Opportunity to work, che was trny
wise wornap equsl all occasions Of action and SUP
ply ng other persons needs and Deficiencies. In the
'Memoirs of Wordsworth" it is stated that she WAS
the original Of
She was phantom Of delight
and things in the next few pages look like it bnt
for the greater part os the poets life il was certaioy
believed by cone who ought TO know thst that won
deIul description related TO another, who fitted before
his Imagination il ealer daye than those in which he
d.eOvered be spttude Of MsTy Hutchinson 10 his own
reeds Tie last stan2a is very like her, and her hu3
banda sonnet TO TIE painter Of her portrait IN Old age
dscoses to Us how the first stanza might be so aso
in days bsyond TIE Ken Of tie eIsting generation O
her early soirows III The less Of two children sot be-
loved sister who was dOuesticated with the family,
theie are probably living witnesses IL VIII
never be forgotten by any one who saw 1t how
the late dreary train Of aiiictiOns was met. Fn
many years 'Wordswo,ths sister Doiotty was
, a melancholy charge. ,s5srs Wordsworth was
wort 10 warn any rash entl .asts for mountain walk
ing by the spectacle before them. The ador Ig sister
A. 1-xsl lota 1fx ,xrrIh har
health ard then her reason, By e1hausting walks aud
yror remedies for the consequer Forty miles in
day vas not singular feat OF Dorothy's. During
the lopg years of this devoted reatures hepessness
she was tepded with admirable Cheernlness and COED
sense. Thousands CT Lake tourists mast remember
the locked garden gaze when Miss Wordsworth was
taking the air aud tie garden chair gong round ard
round TIE terrace, with the enseiated h.te Tolan 10
H. wbo occasionally called cut 10 strangers and amused
them with her clever sayings. She outlived the
beloved Dora, Wordsworths only Surviving daughter.
Afier the lingering illness Of that daughter Mrs.
lQuilnap the mother encountered the dre rest por-
ton probably Of her lfe Her aged hush aud used to
spend the lorg winter evening" in grief and tea:s-
week after week, and month after month. Neither OF
them I'D ewes for reading. lie could not DC comfort
ed She. Who carried as tencer nstsInai nea't as
ever beat had to beor er own erle aud n, toe'
grew whiter and smaller, RS 70 o. treaty oIansC'
in few months; but this was the ohY a, ea
preston of what she endured, ana nc u'u L''
discover il. Wien he too, let her, II was seen
his trouble had ceased she, too, was relieved She
followed fs collin TO the sacred corner Of Gresrnere
cburch-y y ard where lay now all those VINO had once
made her home. She joined the household guests on
their N turn from The uIera and made Yea as nsual.
And this as tie dsintersed sprt which carried her
through the last few years til she Lad just reached
the g6th Even then, She had strength to eonOat Ca
ease for many days. Several times she rallied and re-
lapesd and she was ful of alacIy tf minl aud BOY
as long as exertton of any bind was possible. There
were many eager 10 render al duty ard ove-her two
sons nieces, and friends, and whole sympatAlzlng
nei2hborboot. ,.-., A..
cornef OF GTGsmere Churchyard was, W here would
4" che be laid Shen the tine came, the space was so
completely filed " The cluster OF stones told Of the
little children who died long lifetime ago. Of the sls
tiers Sarah Hutchinson and Dorothy WosdsToIth, and
Of Mr.. Quilhman, aud his two wives Dora lying be-
tween her husband and ather, ana seeming 10 9oCupy
her mothers Igbiiul place. And Hartley Co!enage
les next the family group, end others press co3eiy
round. There is loom, however. The large gray
stone which bears the name of William Wordsworth
has ample space left fer another inscrphon and the
grave btIeath has ample space aso ior his faithful
Not one j. lett row of the eunirent persons who
dered that cluster Of valleys so eminent as II has been
DR.. Arnold went fIst IN tie ylgor OF ms years
Soutley died ct Keswick, and Hartley Coeridse on
tie margin Of Rydal Lske, and the Quillnans under
the shatow of Lo0ghIigg, and Professor Wilson dis
appeared from Elleray, and the aged Mrs. Fletcher
from Lancrigg and the three venerable Norts6oiths
fiom Ry dsl Nj init.
ory fer the solemn last Of everything Sns the
one TO iucuire Of about the last eagla in the district
the stt pair of ravens 10 any crest OF rocks the ast
Old dalesman in any improved spot the ist round oi
the last p.dder among bills where the brosd White
road has succeeded the green brite-pa'h. She kew
the district during the period between its frat recogn
lion, through Grays Letters. to ITS complete pub
hcily in the age of railways She saw, perhaps, the