Dorothy Wordsworth in Koblentz - 23 July, 1820
from Diary of Dorothy Wordsworth, 23 July 1820, page 182:
The music at our entrance fixed us to our places. The swell was solemn, even aweful, sinking into strains of delicious sweetness; and though the worship was to us wholly unintelligible, it was not possible to listen to it without visitings of devotional feeling. Mary's attention was entirely absorbed till the service ceased, and I think she never stirred from her seat. After a little while I left her, and drew towards the railing of the gallery, to look round on the congregation, among whom there appeared more of the old-fashioned gravity, and of antique gentility, than I have seen anywhere … more >>
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Dorothy Wordsworth, Diary of Dorothy Wordsworth, 23 July 1820. In William Knight (ed.), The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, volume 2 (London, 1897), p. 182. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1378221227 accessed: 30 October, 2024
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Experience Information
Date/Time | 23 July, 1820 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in public |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:36:59 +0000