LINENOTES:
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grand] dear Letter to S.
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those] that Letter to S. cloud] clouds Letter to S.
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by] with Letter to S.
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om. Letter to S.
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stifled] stifling Letter to S.
Between [24] and 25.
This William, well thou knowest,
Is that sore evil which I dread the most,
And oftnest suffer. In this heartless mood,
To other thoughts by yonder throstle woo'd,
That pipes within the larch-tree, not unseen,
The larch, that pushes out in tassels green
Its bundled leafits, woo'd to mild delights,
By all the tender sounds and gentle sights,
Of this sweet primrose-month, and vainly woo'd
O dearest Poet, in this heartless mood.
Letter to S.
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a lovely sky-canoe] thy own sweet sky-canoe Letter to S. [Note. The reference is to the Prologue to 'Peter Bell'.]
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Edmund] Wordsworth Letter to S.
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potent] powerful Letter to S.
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virtuous Edmund] blameless poet Letter to S.
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Edmund] William Letter to S.
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om. Letter to S.
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the echoes] an echo Letter to S.
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Edmund] poet Letter to S.
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that] when Letter to S.
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This] The Letter to S.
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fruits] fruit Letter to S.
After 87 six lines 'For not to think', &c., are inserted after a row of asterisks. The direction as to the omission of the Sixth and Seventh Stanzas is only found in the M. P.
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O] Nay Letter to S.
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That lute sent out! O thou wild storm without Letter to S.
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who] that Letter to S.
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of] from Letter to S.
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Again! but all that noise Letter to S.
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And it has other sounds, less fearful and less loud Letter to S.
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Edmund's self] thou thyself Letter to S.
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om. Letter to S.
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Calm steadfast spirit, guided from above,
O Wordsworth! friend of my devoutest choice,
Great son of genius! full of light and love,
Thus, thus, dost thou rejoice.
To thee do all things live, from pole to pole,
Their life the eddying of thy living Soul!
Brother and friend of my devoutest choice,
Thus may'st thou ever, evermore rejoice!
Letter to S.
[Note. In the letter these lines follow line 75 of the text of the M. P.]