"Whither ah whither art Thou fled,
To hide thy meek contented head.
"Cowley's exquisite Elegy on the death of his friend Harvey suggested the phrase of 'we two'
"Was there a tree [about] that did not know
The love betwixt us two?—"
When Coleridge printed the sonnet in the pamphlet described on page 310, he appended to the eleventh line the following note:—
Innocence, which, while we possess it, is playful as a babe, becomes AWFUL when it has departed from us. This is the sentiment of the line —a fine sentiment and nobly expressed.
Lamb printed this sonnet twice—in 1797 and 1818.
Page 9. Childhood.
See note to "The Grandame," page 312. The "turf-clad slope" in line 4 was probably at Blakesware. It is difficult to re-create the scene, for the new house stands a quarter of a mile west of the old one, the site of which is hidden by grass and trees. Where once were gardens is now meadow land.
Lamb printed this poem twice—in 1797 and 1818.
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