"One only leaf upon the top of a tree - the sole remaining leaf - danced round and round like a rag blown by the wind."

"We saw a raven very high above us. It called out, and the dome of the sky seemed to echo the sound. It called again a…"

"She had got up behind the chaise and her cloak had been caught by the wheel and was jammed in and it hung there. She …"

"When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow park we saw a few daffodils close to the water side…At last under the boug…"

"My Brother William was married to Mary Hutchinson…At a little after 8 o'clock I saw them go down the avenue towards t…"

"She is a woman indeed! in mind I mean, and heart; for her person is such, that if you expected to see a pretty woman,…"

"Her eyes were not soft, as Mrs. Wordsworth's, nor were they fierce or bold; but they were wild and startling, and hur…"

"Miss Dorothy did best part o' pitting his potry togidder. He let it fa' and she cam efter and gethered it oop for him…"

"The Blessing of my later years Was with me when a boy: She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and deli…"

"I have more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the worldw…"