Harry's Cold Soul

A painful curse is placed on Harry Gill. A teeth chattering curse! But I wonder whether the curse is a physical one or one of a vile soul. Harry Gill, as a drover, and Goody Blake, as a wool spinner, are active on the same capitalistic chain. Harry droves the sheep that Blake spins. In this way, they compete for wages after the coats/clothing are sold. This may be one psychological reasons that Gill, who is greedy with so many "coats enough to smother nine," has such an aggressive attitude toward Blake. The money making possibilities has placed Harry at odds with Blake. The difference in work schedules is palpable as well. Blake has to work all day and even "three hours' work at night" but Harry has much free time as he only needs to drove the sheep and then is finished. As far as property, we know Harry is extremely protective of it due to seizing Blake but Blake probably doesn't even consider where she lives as specific property but just land she lives on, common land. The difference in greed and conceptual thought about what is work (how much and doing what), property, and money is what Wordsworth may see as the cause of a cold soul, where a young rich man is infected with the idea of personal, individual property and wealth at the expense of another. I also believe that this poem is foreshadowing the psychological effects of the industrial revolution, such is Wordsworth's genius.