FOOTNOTES:
The first six stanzas of the sixth section of this poem, the splendid song of the wind, were published in a magazine, as Lines, in 1836. Parts II. & III., of Section VIII. (except the last two lines) were added to the poem in 1868.
The poem was originally preceded by the text, "Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself" (Ps. 1. 21).
Browning Society's Papers, Part V., p. 493.