27th.—Coleridge breakfasted and drank tea, strolled in the wood in the morning, went with him in the evening through the wood, afterwards walked on the hills: the moon, a many-coloured sea and sky.
28th, Saturday.—A very fine morning, warm weather all the week.
May 6th, Sunday.—Expected the painter, and Coleridge. A rainy morning—very pleasant in the evening. Met Coleridge as we were walking out. Went with him to Stowey; heard the nightingale; saw a glow-worm.
7th.—Walked in the wood in the morning. In the evening, to Stowey with Coleridge who called.
8th.—Coleridge dined, went in the afternoon to tea at Stowey. A pleasant walk home.
9th.— . . . Wrote to Coleridge.
Wednesday, 16th May.—Coleridge, William, and myself set forward to the Chedder rocks; slept at Bridgewater.
22nd, Thursday.[1]—Walked to Chedder. Slept at Cross.
- ↑ It is thus written in the MS., but the 22nd May 1798 was a Tuesday. If the entry refers to a Thursday, the day of the month should have been written 24th. Dorothy Wordsworth was not exact as to dates.—Ed.
