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List of most recent chapters published for the The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth novel. A total of 345 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth.Edited by William Knight.PREFACE During the dec
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth.Edited by William Knight.PREFACE During the decade between 1879 and 1889 I was engaged in a detailed study of Wordsworth; and, amongst other things, edited a library edition of his Poetical Works in eight volumes,
- 345 No other General Beaupuy is recorded in the history of the Revolution, so far as I have been able to ascertain. The moral character of the officer, whose life I shall relate, answers to Wordsworth's description, and is worthy of his high estimate.Arm
- 344 O Friend! too well thou know'st, of what sad years 75 The long suppression had benumbed my soul, That, even as Life returns upon the Drown'd, The unusual Joy awoke a throng of Pains-- Keen Pangs of LOVE, awakening, as a Babe, Turbulent, with an outcry i
- 343 The crag exactly answers the poet's description, a rising ground, the meeting-place of two highways. For in the poet's time the old Hawkshead and Outgate road at the Pullwyke corner ran at the very foot of the rising ground (roughly speaking) pa
- 342 (See p. 197, 'The Prelude', book iv. ll. 323-38) If the farm-house where Wordsworth spent the evening before this memorable morning walk was either at Elterwater or High Arnside, and the homeward pathway led across the ridge of Ironkeld, either
- 341 When from the restlessness of crowded life Back to my native vales I turned, and fixed My habitation in this peaceful spot, Sharp season was it of continuous storm In deepest winter; and, from week to week, Pathway, and lane, and public way were clogged W
- 340 FROM THE SAME. TO THE SUPREME BEING Translated 1804?--Published 1807 One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets."--Ed.III The prayers I make will then be sweet indeed If Thou the spirit give by which I pray: My una.s.sisted heart is barren clay, That [1]
- 339 [Footnote M: The death of his brother John. Compare the 'Elegiac Verses'in memory of him, p. 58.--Ed.]FROM THE ITALIAN OF MICHAEL ANGELO Translated 1805?--Published 1807 [Translations from Michael Angelo, done at the request of Mr. Duppa, whose
- 338 It was a close, warm, breezeless summer night, Wan, dull, and glaring, with a dripping fog Low-hung and thick that covered all the sky; But, undiscouraged, we began to climb The mountain-side. The mist soon girt us round, 15 And, after ordinary travellers
- 337 With settling judgments now of what would last And what would disappear; prepared to find 65 Presumption, folly, madness, in the men Who thrust themselves upon the pa.s.sive world As Rulers of the world; to see in these, Even when the public welfare is th
- 336 BOOK TWELFTH IMAGINATION AND TASTE, HOW IMPAIRED AND RESTORED Long time have human ignorance and guilt Detained us, on what spectacles of woe Compelled to look, and inwardly oppressed With sorrow, disappointment, vexing thoughts, Confusion of the judgment
- 335 Depressed, bewildered thus, I did not walk With scoffers, seeking light and gay revenge From indiscriminate laughter, nor sate down In reconcilement with an utter waste Of intellect; such sloth I could not brook, 325 (Too well I loved, in that my spring o
- 334 [Footnote W: Compare the sonnet, vol. ii. p. 332, beginning: 'Jones! as from Calais southward you and I Went pacing side by side, this public Way Streamed with the pomp of a too-credulous day, When faith was pledged to new-born Liberty.'Ed.][Footnote X:
- 333 They who with clumsy desperation brought A river of Blood, and preached that nothing else Could cleanse the Augean stable, by the might 585 Of their own helper have been swept away; Their madness stands declared and visible; Elsewhere will safety now be s
- 332 [Footnote W: Chambord; "celebre chateau du Blaisois (Loir-et-Cher), construit par Francois I., sur l'emplacement d'une maison de plaisance des comtes de Blois.Donne par Louis XV. a son beau-pere Stanislas, puis au Marechal de Saxe, il revint ensuit a l
- 331 Would'st thou not chide? Yet deem not my pains lost: For Vaudracour and Julia (so were named 565 The ill-fated pair) in that plain tale will draw Tears from the hearts of others, when their own Shall beat no more. Thou, also, there may'st read, At leisu
- 330 [Footnote q: There is a cave, called Yordas Cave, four and a half miles from Ingleton in Lonsdale, Yorks.h.i.+re. It is a limestone cavern, rich in stalact.i.tes, like the grotto of Antiparos; and is at the foot of the slopes of Gragreth, formerly called
- 329 [Footnote O: See Spenser, 'The Shepheard's Calendar (May)'.--Ed.][Footnote P: An Italian river in Calabria, famous for its groves and the fine-fleeced sheep that pastured on its banks. See Virgil, 'Georgics'iv. 126; Horace, 'Odes' II. vi. 10.--Ed.]
- 328 [Variant 10: ... calling, ...MS. to Sir George Beaumont, 1805.][Variant 11: ... rich, the old man now (l. 44) Is generous, so gaiety prevails Which all partake of, young and old. Immense (l. 55) MS. to Sir George Beaumont, 1805.][Variant 12: ... green fie
- 327 Enough of humble arguments; recal, My Song! those high emotions which thy voice Has heretofore made known; that bursting forth Of sympathy, inspiring and inspired, When everywhere a vital pulse was felt, 480 And all the several frames of things, like star
- 326 l. 53.--Ed.][Footnote Z: Solomon Gesner (or Gessner), a landscape artist, etcher, and poet, born at Zurich in 1730, died in 1787. His 'Tod Abels' (the death of Abel), though the poorest of all his works, became a favourite in Germany, France, and Englan
- 325 Though reared upon the base of outward things, 650 Structures like these the excited spirit mainly Builds for herself; scenes different there are, Full-formed, that take, with small internal help, Possession of the faculties,--the peace That comes with ni
- 324 BOOK SEVENTH RESIDENCE IN LONDON Six changeful years have vanished since I first Poured out (saluted by that quickening breeze Which met me issuing from the City's [A] walls) A glad preamble to this Verse: [B] I sang Aloud, with fervour irresistible
- 323 [Footnote m: "Her road elms rustling thin above my head."(See 'Descriptive Sketches', vol. i. pp. 39, 40, and compare the two pa.s.sages in detail.)--Ed.][Footnote n: On the 29th July 1790.--Ed.][Footnote o: They were at Lyons on the 3
- 322 [Footnote Q: Brougham Castle, at the junction of the Lowther and the Emont, about a mile out of Penrith, south-east, on the Appleby road.This castle is a.s.sociated with other poems. See the 'Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle'.--Ed.][Footnote
- 321 With those delightful pathways we advanced, For two days' s.p.a.ce, in presence of the Lake, That, stretching far among the Alps, a.s.sumed 690 A character more stern. The second night, From sleep awakened, and misled by sound Of the church clock tel
- 320 BOOK SIXTH CAMBRIDGE AND THE ALPS The leaves were fading when to Esthwaite's banks And the simplicities of cottage life I bade farewell; and, one among the youth Who, summoned by that season, reunite As scattered birds troop to the fowler's lure
- 319 [Footnote F: Wordsworth's earliest teachers, before he was sent to Hawkshead School, were his mother and the Rev. Mr. Gilbanks at c.o.c.kermouth, and Mrs. Anne Birkett at Penrith. His mother and Dame Birkett taught him to read, and trained his infant
- 318 [Footnote B: Compare Emily Bronte's statement of the same, in the last verse she wrote: 'Though Earth and Man were gone, And suns and universes ceased to be, And Thou wert left alone, Every existence would exist in Thee.There is not room for Dea
- 317 'This Lawn, a carpet all alive.'(1829.) And Horace, 'Epistolae', lib. i. ep. xi. l. 28: 'Strenua nos exercet inertia.'Ed.][Footnote V: The "brook" is Sawrey beck, and the "long ascent" is the second of the
- 316 [Footnote D: The Vale of Esthwaite.--Ed.][Footnote E: Hawkshead Church; an old Norman structure, built in 1160, the year of the foundation of Furness Abbey. It is no longer "snow-white," a so-called Restoration having taken place within recent y
- 315 Ed.][Footnote I: 'Date obolum Belisario'. Belisarius, a general of the Emperor Justinian's, died 564 A.D. The story of his begging charity is probably a legend, but the "begging scholar" was common in Christendom throughout the Mi
- 314 Her pealing organ was my neighbour too; And from my pillow, looking forth by light Of moon or favouring stars, I could behold The antechapel where the statue stood 60 Of Newton with his prism and silent face, The marble index of a mind for ever Voyaging t
- 313 [Footnote L: Compare the reference to the "rude piece of self-taught art," at the Swan Inn, in the first canto of 'The Waggoner', p. 81.William Hutchinson, in his 'Excursion to the Lakes in 1773 and 1774'(second edition, 1776
- 312 When summer came, Our pastime was, on bright half-holidays, 55 To sweep, along the plain of Windermere With rival oars; [B] and the selected bourne Was now an Island musical with birds That sang and ceased not; now a Sister Isle Beneath the oaks' umb
- 311 [Footnote Z: He went to Hawkshead School in 1778.--Ed.][Footnote a: About mid October the autumn crocus in the garden "snaps"in that district.--Ed.][Footnote b: Possibly in the Claife and Colthouse heights to the east of Esthwaite Water; but mor
- 310 FOOTNOTES TO BOOK THE FIRST [Footnote A: On the authority of the poet's nephew, and others, the "city" here referred to has invariably been supposed to be Goslar, where he spent the winter of 1799. Goslar, however, is as unlike a "vast
- 309 BOOK FIRST INTRODUCTION.--CHILDHOOD AND SCHOOL-TIME O there is blessing in this gentle breeze, A visitant that while it fans my cheek Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings From the green fields, and from yon azure sky.Whate'er its mission, th
- 308 GRASMERE, May 1, 1805."Unable to proceed with this work, [B] I turned my thoughts again to the 'Poem on my own Life', and you will be glad to hear that I have added 300 lines to it in the course of last week. Two books more will conclude it
- 307 THE PRELUDE, OR, GROWTH OF A POET'S MIND; AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POEM Composed 1799-1805.--Published 1850 ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT The following Poem was commenced in the beginning of the year 1799, and completed in the summer of 1805.The design and occasion o
- 306 'Yes, I, and all about me here, Through all the changes of the year, Had seen him through the mountains go, In pomp of mist or pomp of snow, Majestically huge and slow: Or, with a milder grace adorning The landscape of a summer's morning; While
- 305 NOTES ON THE TEXT (Added in the edition of 1836) I Several years after the event that forms the subject of the foregoing poem, in company with my friend, the late Mr. Coleridge, I happened to fall in with the person to whom the name of Benjamin is given.
- 304 [Variant 66: 1836.His doubts--his fears ... 1819.][Variant 67: 1827. (Compressing two lines into one.) Sometimes, as in the present case, Will show a more familiar face; 1819.Or, proud all rivals.h.i.+p to chase, Will haunt me with familiar face; 1820.][V
- 303 The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.] [Variant 55: 1845. The previous eight lines were added in 1836, when they read thus: Say more: for by that power a vein Seems opened of brow-saddening pain: As if their hearts by notes were stung From out the low
- 302 1819. And happiest far is he, the One No longer with himself at strife, A Caesar past the Rubicon! The Sailor, Man by nature gay, Found not a scruple in _his_ way; 1836. The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.] [Variant 42: 1836. Deems that she is happi
- 301 By peals of thunder, clap on clap! And many a terror-striking flash;-- And somewhere, as it seems, a crash, 1819.] [Variant 29: 1820. And rattling ... 1819,] [Variant 30: 1836. (Compressing six lines into four.) The voice, to move commiseration, Prolongd
- 300 1827. ... I frame ... 1819.] [Variant 15: 1836 And never was my heart more light. 1819.] [Variant 16: 1836. ... will bless ... 1819.] [Variant 17: 1836. ... delight, ... 1819.] [Variant 18: 1836. Good proof of this the Country gaind, One day, when ye were
- 299 In hazy straits the clouds between, And in their stations twinkling not, Some thinly-sprinkled stars are seen, Each changed into a pallid spot. 1836. The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.] [Variant 3: 1836. The mountains rise to wondrous height, And i
- 298 What tears of rapture, what vow-making, Profound entreaties, and hand-shaking!What solemn, vacant, interlacing, As if they'd fall asleep embracing! 490 Then, in the turbulence of glee, And in the excess of amity, Says Benjamin, "That a.s.s of th
- 297 Full proof of this the Country gained; 120 It knows how ye were vexed and strained, And forced unworthy stripes to bear, When trusted to another's care. [18]Here was it--on this rugged slope, Which now ye climb with heart and hope, 125 I saw you, bet
- 296 This poem underwent no change in successive editions. The t.i.tle in all the earlier ones (1815 to 1843) was 'The Cottager to her Infant. By a Female Friend'; and in the preface to the edition of 1815, Wordsworth wrote, "Three short pieces
- 295 For the date of this poem in the Chronological Tables given in the editions of 1815 and 1820, Wordsworth a.s.signed the year 1802. But, in the edition of 1836, he a.s.signed it to the year 1805, the date retained by Mr. Carter in the edition of 1857. Capt
- 294 [Variant 5: 1845. ... To sojourn a short while Beneath my roof He from the barren seas Had newly come--a cherished Visitant! 1815. ... To abide, For an allotted interval of ease, Beneath my cottage roof, had newly come From the wild sea a cherished Visita
- 293 Southey, writing to his friend, C. W. W. Wynn, on the 3rd of April 1805, says: "DEAR WYNN, I have been grievously shocked this evening by the loss of the 'Abergavenny', of which Wordsworth's brother was captain. Of course the news came
- 292 III Here did we stop; and here looked round While each into himself descends, For that last thought of parting Friends That is not to be found.Hidden was Grasmere Vale from sight, 25 Our home and his, his heart's delight, His quiet heart's selec
- 291 The whole of this stanza was omitted in the editions of 1820-1843.][Variant 3: 1815.... delusion ... 1807.][Variant 4: 1837.A faith, a trust, that could not be betray'd. 1807.]FOOTNOTE ON THE TEXT [Footnote A: The original t.i.tle, in MS, was 'V
- 290 [Variant 2: 1837.Towards a safer sh.o.r.e--... 1815.][Variant 3: 1837 --A few appear by morning light, Preserved upon the tall mast's height: Oft in my Soul I see that sight; 1815.][Variant 4: In the edition of 1827 and subsequent ones, Wordsworth he
- 289 VARIANTS ON THE TEXT [Variant 1: In the editions of 1807 to 1820 the following lines began the poem. They were withdrawn in 1827.Lie here sequester'd:--be this little mound For ever thine, and be it holy ground!][Variant 2: 1827.Beneath the ... 1807.
- 288 Composed 1805.--Published 1807 [This dog I knew well. It belonged to Mrs. Wordsworth's brother, Mr.Thomas Hutchinson, who then lived at Sockburn-on-the-Tees, a beautiful retired situation, where I used to visit him and his sisters before my marriage.
- 287 VARIANTS ON THE TEXT [Variant 1: 1820. From which immediately leaps out A Dog, and yelping runs about. 1807. And instantly a Dog is seen, Glancing from that covert green. 1815.] [Variant 2: 1820. ... does ... 1807.] [Variant 3: 1837. binds 1807.] [Variant
- 286 [Variant 2: But ... MS.][Variant 3: 1815.the soul ... 1807.][Variant 4: 1832.Up with me, up with me, high and high, ... 1807.][Variant 5: This and the previous stanza were omitted in the edition of 1827, but restored in that of 1832.][Variant 6: 1827.Joy
- 285 'An Englishman in chartered freedom born.'Ed.][Footnote D: Compare in 'Sartor Resartus', "Happy he for whom a kind of heavenly sun brightens it [Necessity]into a ring of Duty, and plays round it with beautiful prismatic refraction
- 284 [Variant 1: 1815 From strife and from despair; a glorious ministry. 1807.] [Variant 2: ... the right ... MS. ... thy will ... MS.] [Variant 3: 1837. May joy be theirs while life shall last! And Thou, if they should totter, teach them to stand fast! 1807.
- 283 [Variant 4: 1832.(To take an image which was felt no doubt 1809.(As at some moments might not be unfelt 'The Prelude', 1850.][Variant 5: 1815.Their ministers--used to stir in lordly wise 1809.][Variant 6: 1815.And deal ... 1809.][Variant 7: &quo
- 282 [Variant 17: 1836.But, seeing some one near, even as his hand Was stretched towards the garden gate, he shrunk--1820]FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT [Footnote A: The work was 'The Prelude'. See book ix., p. 310 of this volume.--Ed.][Footnote B: Compare &#
- 281 1827. Was inwardly prepared to turn aside From law and custom, ... 1820.] [Variant 3: 1836. The sequel may be easily divined,--1820.] [Variant 4: 1827. ... From this time the Youth 1820.] [Variant 5: 1827. Stirred no where without arms. To their rural sea
- 280 [Footnote A: In the edition of 1842 the following footnote is given by Wordsworth, "This biographical Sonnet, if so it may be called, together with the Epistle that follows, have been long suppressed from feelings of personal delicacy."The "
- 279 I stopped, and said with inly-muttered voice, "It doth not love the shower, nor seek the cold: This neither is its courage nor its choice, 15 But its necessity in being old. "The suns.h.i.+ne may not cheer [2] it, nor the dew; It cannot help its
- 278 [Variant 6: ... busy ... MS.] [Variant 7: 1836, Hung with head towards the ground, 1807.] [Variant 8: ... and ... MS.] [Variant 9: 1836. ... glitters ... 1807.] [Variant 10: 1849. Lauras [a] 1807] [Variant 11: Additional lines: But Ill take a hint from yo
- 277 FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT [Footnote A: The t.i.tle from 1815 to 1845 was 'Address to my Infant Daughter, on being reminded that she was a Month old, on that Day'.After her death in 1847, her name was added to the t.i.tle.--Ed.][Footnote B: See Dryde
- 276 Think of evening's repose when our labour was done, The sabbath's return; and its leisure's soft chain!And in sickness, if night had been sparing of sleep, How cheerful, at sunrise, the hill where I stood, [7] 30 Looking down on the kine, a
- 275 [Variant 1: 1836.To have despair'd, and have believ'd, And be for evermore beguil'd; 1807.][Variant 2: 1832.What power hath even ... 1807.][Variant 3: 1832.Betwixt ... 1807.]FOOTNOTE ON THE TEXT [Footnote A: In the edition of 1807, the t.i.
- 274 1815.... laughing ... 1807.]The following is from Dorothy Wordsworth's Journal, under date, Thursday, April 15, 1802: "When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park, we saw a few daffodils close to the water side. We fancied that the sea had f
- 273 The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth.Vol. III.by William Wordsworth.WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS 1804 The poems written in 1804 were not numerous; and, with the exception of 'The Small Celandine', the stanzas beginning "I wandered l
- 272 VARIANTS ON THE TEXT [Variant 1: 1807.... with transports of your own. C.... with transport of your noise! 1838.The edition of 1840 returns to the text of 1807.][Variant 2: 1807.The loss and e'en the prospect of the slain, MS. 1803.And in 'The P
- 271 Vanguard of Liberty, ye men of Kent, [A]Ye children of a Soil that doth advance Her [1] haughty brow against the coast of France, Now is the time to prove your hardiment!To France be words of invitation sent! 5 They from their fields can see the countenan
- 270 VARIANT ON THE TEXT [Variant 1: 1837. ... touch ... 1807.] "ENGLAND! THE TIME IS COME WHEN THOU SHOULDST WEAN" Composed possibly in 1803.--Published 1807 This was one of the "Sonnets dedicated to Liberty"; afterwards called, "Poem
- 269 The friend referred to in the note of 1815, who urged Wordsworth to give his blind voyager a Sh.e.l.l, instead of a was.h.i.+ng-tub to sail in, was Coleridge. The original tale of the tub was not more unfortunate than the lines in praise of Wilkinson'
- 268 [Variant 15: 1827.... in his arms. 1815.][Variant 16: 1827.Close to the water he had found This Vessel, push'd it from dry ground, Went into it; and, without dread, Following the fancies in his head, He paddled up and down. 1807.And with the happy bu
- 267 1827. Weve ... 1807.] [Variant 2: 1807. How ... MS.] [Variant 3: 1807. Aye, willingly, and what is more One which you never heard before, True story this which I shall tell MS.] [Variant 4: 1837. In land where many a mountain towers, 1807.] [Variant 5: 18
- 266 Yet he had many a restless dream; Both when he heard the eagles scream, And when he heard the torrents roar, And heard the water beat the sh.o.r.e Near which their cottage stood. 50 Beside a lake their cottage stood, Not small like ours, a peaceful flood;
- 265 One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets" in 1815 and 1820.--Ed.Fly, some kind Harbinger, to Grasmere-dale! [1]Say that we come, and come by this day's light; Fly upon swiftest wing round field and height, [2]But chiefly let one Cottage hear the t
- 264 VARIANTS ON THE TEXT [Variant 1: 1827.For ... 1807.][Variant 2: 1837.... under Jedborough Tower There liveth in the prime of glee, A Woman, whose years are seventy-three, And She ... 1807.There lives a woman of seventy-three, And she will dance and sing w
- 263 [Variant 1: 1832.... downwards ... 1807.]FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT [Footnote A: See Hamilton's Ballad as above.--W. W. 1807.][Footnote B: In his "Recollections of Wordsworth," Aubrey de Vere reports a conversation, in which the poet said to him
- 262 Composed September 18, 1803.--Published 1807 [The castle here mentioned was Nidpath near Peebles. The person alluded to was the then Duke of Queensbury. The fact was told to me by Walter Scott.--I. F.]In 1815 and 1820 this was one of the "Miscellaneo
- 261 1807.... their ... MS.][Variant 9: 1807.All fas.h.i.+on their desires. 1803. D. W.][Variant 10: 1815."Since then," said Robin, "right is plain, 1807.][Variant 11: 1827.Through summer's heat and winter's snow: 1807.][Variant 12: 18
- 260 "Since, then, the rule of right is plain, [10]And longest life is but a day; To have my ends, maintain my rights, 55 I'll take the shortest way."And thus among these rocks he lived, Through summer heat and winter snow: [11]The Eagle, he was
- 259 Child of loud-throated War! the mountain Stream Roars in thy hearing; but thy hour of rest Is come, and thou art silent in thy age; Save when the wind sweeps by and sounds are caught Ambiguous, neither wholly thine nor theirs. 5 Oh! there is life that bre
- 258 So sweetly to reposing bands 1807.][Variant 3: 1837.No sweeter voice was ever heard 1807.... sound ... MS.Such thrilling voice was never heard 1827.][Variant 4: 1815.... sung 1807.][Variant 5: 1820.I listen'd till I had my fill: 1807.][Variant 6: 180
- 257 Composed between 1803 and 1805.--Published 1807 While my Fellow-traveller and I were walking by the side of Loch Ketterine, one fine evening after sun-set, in our road to a Hut where in the course of our Tour we had been hospitably entertained some weeks
- 256 In her 'Recollections of a Tour made in Scotland', 1803, Dorothy Wordsworth writes: "Sunday, August 28th.--... After long waiting, the girls, who had been on the look-out, informed us that the boat was coming. I went to the waterside, and s
- 255 Composed 1803.--Published 1807 Cla.s.sed in 1815 and 1820 as one of the "Poems of the Imagination."--Ed.[This delightful creature and her demeanour are particularly described in my Sister's Journal. The sort of prophecy with which the verse
- 254 For honest men delight will take To spare your failings for his sake, 20 Will flatter you,--and fool and rake [3]Your steps pursue; And of your Father's name will make A snare for you.Far from their noisy haunts retire, 25 And add your voices to the
- 253 THOUGHTS SUGGESTED THE DAY FOLLOWING, ON THE BANKS OF NITH, NEAR THE POET'S RESIDENCE Composed 1803. [A]--Published 1842 Too frail to keep the lofty vow That must have followed when his brow Was wreathed--"The Vision" [B] tells us how-- Wit
- 252 What treasures would have then been placed 55 Within my reach; of knowledge graced By fancy what a rich repast!But why go on?-- Oh! spare to sweep, thou mournful blast, His grave gra.s.s-grown. 60 There, too, a Son, his joy and pride, (Not three weeks pas
- 251 [Footnote A: Professor Dowden directs attention to the relation between these lines and the poem beginning "If thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven."--Ed.]MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND 1803 These poems were first collected, under the above
- 250 'have been ruthlessly overthrown. One has been uprooted bodily; all the leaders and branches of the others have been wrenched from the main trunk; and the three still standing are bare poles and broken wreckage. Until one visits the spot one can have
- 249 [Variant 3: 1845.While thus before my eyes he gleams, A Brother of the Leaves he seems; When in a moment forth he teems His little song in gushes: 1807.My sight he dazzles, half deceives, A Bird so like the dancing Leaves; Then flits, and from the Cottage
- 248 [Variant 2: 1836.As if thy heritage were joy, And pleasure were thy trade. 1802.And treading among flowers of joy, That at no season fade, 1827.][Variant 3: 1815.... alive ... 1802.]FOOTNOTE ON THE TEXT [Footnote A: For the original t.i.tle of this poem,-
- 247 [Variant 2: 1845.That she is ruddy, fleet, and strong; 1807.That she is healthful, ... 1836.][Variant 3: In the editions of 1807 to 1843 occurs the following verse, which was omitted from subsequent editions: And she hath smiles to earth unknown; Smiles,
- 246 A Pilgrim bold in Natures care, And all the long year through the heir 1807. Bright flower, whose home is every where! A Pilgrim bold in Natures care, And oft, the long year through, the heir 1827. Confiding Flower, by Natures care Made bold,--who, lodgin