, 1874-09-26
LITERATURE.


Gnro:ssy WoF"bNsoE@h, MuN A2eS EoNr
IhEas11n S.os't*a1" "A@AA 4Ao1 AEotner
a.r "a,A rcn,1oe,u ~, . r.o,1n 7y.r,, -, ,,a,,
MANp, 4. D. 1904. 1ly DolsorltY Wo.nawoart1,
l:lite1 hy J.: 9: smrR y IL D.. prii!e!rat Of tho
nir"w1 lsmo., m Ill Nav yosj. 9t A.Is"t y = b ~.
lia,n's sana.
When William Wordsworth was s, and his only
sister, Dorothy. O, years oil, they and tI,oir
throo brotl,ors woro loft motuorlcsn. F,yo yoars
ofser, tl,oir father died, lhoIr homo at
cocHefmou1n "oa nroKeh up, and the orphana
wcro acattcrol William. and Ills oldor BROTH
or woro put to school, nsul Dorothy wos
rfacoa With cousin In Halifax. For fivo
yoara thnroofIor William, ona norothv ;1i,1
-. tS' ,aa. "tnAn, ~ H.. a u, a.a
not meet; bnt, IN his frss col!cse-T"cat'on'
iii tho summer Of 1898, tho brother aud pster
onjoyod In each others nocloty has boon COM
,,onr,to, l., .,,,a.y, ,,no. h t,,o !, pro-
y1Aseu 1.,a m "o'',Nno@n n..en ~ 10y
l'ao.: so'oii yoasB longer however, sno o5ot'aer
mad alstor lived aoparaso, whlo Wordsworth
was concluding tia collegsatc torn an,l travelling
nm TIM font,nont r.hcn il was timo for thc
- oo.1''uons. 80" ~ ~ ,,.e,.a .,o,,, ., nv
young man. now pass 21' TO ohoono homo cauihs
bEcad-and-butter question.
IIe Ind n1rondv nublts],od a yol,,mo Of pooms
containing 3 Descriptive 19 skechea ana an Evon
to acknowledges lin as poet. AZ this critical
iuncturo. when fate soou1ol ready to decide
thnt In siou1d rosort to London apj lnko III, fin
tr.aa - so,,r,s1,ot hio .,,,. f.:.r nat., ~ ~
ti"uo ~ jotnn n"uo1' up us'uR 4i4'uu' !'nleicS
Cnlyort, diyining what was in him and how Ito
best could bo holpol, bcquoa.ilnd him lcEscy OF
E9UD,, Wordsworth had nut aside all tlo,1clt of
.vor ,rh;,o In nrroc5 tns 1o.;re, fr;o,I ~ no,,
w, "4Ao ~ "a4DI H s"o "'e ti'ouo ~ 1on.
sltn auot When rn neasn relcasea nm from tho sad
nutyt e"tIy AZ 1too. ~ "As lott WIN Wnht 10 hla
s.P'o i;s tas.es "as conaapetonsG a at.1Giont to
and poc Whc % lad n nndenabIy % masloi sst out
tor him
maae T., I. humble homo together, md for hovon
yed y quiet ana content 9n o
by tho " Lyrical ltalads, " yielded hinl. Dorothy
Mas woman ot talent snd roiinoment, and hau
peon gently orod. In tue family o. nor uncle,
Dr. CooG9on, who was Canon OF Wtnusof anu
sasorite at Court tha had spent much time. during
which sho mingled With pooplo OF Culture and
hsGh station. Est, when her brother offered her
t the sanctanry OF hls humble homo and tho 40
ssel,ase ito eitaasion invo|Sod, and peesme i, q
once hls servant, halpmeee, anti 1t!oad. ono
rorformed .ho domestic work Of this little house.
nod nnass1gtod wrote Az nis poems q na aicta-
tion.-ior wordsworth hatoa tho tron6lo OF put"
ling his .yoraes on pnpor,--road to Linn
Mnen tAnt oeeup"'ioh "as as!eeaulo, ~
caMpanicu nm III hls long 9ally fanolos,
for bis poetry, IN yyoll ID imagos With which to
pdor1l IT, For Dorothy herao]f Ind the cvo nud
tho imagination Of a poet, although, with THO
tlun instneL VI "on1anano Snose ~ IevGte potn
9 10 20 @ OF ono "Gm ao ~ ofo nr s ap s
own earthly Immortality could DO.
Thus Che brothor and sister shared life togoth-.
ety. et nh aoo3 mnon T,a MosnswoT1n nr araca pq1o e
onI7 cIa4co @ % Wbch % this ovont @ made h porothys
oonQl[fod Taa thht $40 GOoK mp Inc Gurdcn OF