[34] To William Simpson, stanza 15.
[35] Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson.
[36] Poem on Pastoral Poetry.
[37] Winter, a Dirge.
[38] A Winter Night.
[39] The gloomy night is gathering fast.
[40] To Mary in Heaven.
[41] This was remarked by Wordsworth in the prefatory note to his lines on Mossgiel.
[42] The Vision.
[43] Scott was familiar with this natural trait. '"That's the Forth," said the Bailie, with an air of reverence, which I have observed the Scotch usually pay to their distinguished rivers. The Clyde, the Tweed, the Forth, the Spey, are usually named by those who dwell on their banks with a sort of respect and pride, and I have known duels occasioned by any word of disparagement.'—Rob Roy, vol. ii., chap. xi.