[43] See Stanzas, written in my Pocket Copy of Thomson's Castle of Indolence, "Poetical Works," vol. ii. p. 305.—Ed.

[44] This refers probably to Loch Leven in Argyll, but its point is not obvious, and Dorothy Wordsworth had not then been in Scotland.—Ed.

[45] A Galloway pony.—Ed.

[46] See the "Poetical Works," vol. ii. p. 335.—Ed.

[47] Compare, in Lines written in Early Spring, vol. i. p. 269—

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.Ed.

[48] Compare the poem To the Clouds, vol. viii. p. 142, and the Fenwick note to that poem.—Ed.

[49] This still exists, but is known to few.—Ed.

[50] By Ben Jonson.—Ed.

[51] See the poem Alice Fell, in the "Poetical Works," vol. ii. p. 273.—Ed.