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alone to Easedale Tarn, or to Angle Tarn on Bow- 

 fell, on a gusty day, and see what he will find. 



After his return to the Red Lion, and his dinner, 

 his next object is the churchyard. In the church 

 is a medallion portrait of Wordsworth, 

 chuechtaed. accompanied by an inscription adapted 

 from a dedication of Mr. Keble's. The 

 simple and modest tombstone in the churchyard 

 will please him better. For nine years it bore only 

 the name of the poet, but the grave was opened in 

 1859 to receive his widow, as the inscription now 

 testifies. Beside them lies their daughter; and, 

 next to her, her husband, — whose first wife is next 

 him on the other side. Some other children of 

 Wordsworth, who died young, are buried near ; and 

 one grandchild. Close behind the family group 

 lies Hartley Coleridge, at whose funeral the white- 

 haired Wordsworth attended, not very long before 

 his own death. This spot, under the yews, beside 

 the gushing Rothay, and encircled by green moun- 

 tains, is a fitting resting-place for the poet of the 

 region. He chose it himself; and everyone rejoices 

 that he did. 



The village of Grasmere has become a favourite 



place of abode for summer visitors. Beside the 



excellent hotel, before mentioned, there 



w ,tpfLt^° UT are several lodging-houses, where good 



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accommodation may be had. The walks 

 and drives are many of them the same as may be 

 taken from Ambleside, but there are a few others 

 which it may be as well to mention. 



There is a hill about half way between the Red Lion and the 

 Swan, called Butterlip How. It is of no great height, but affords 

 a fine view of the lake and its surroundings. 



