Sets forth and magnifies herself: thus feeds
A calm, a beautiful and silent fire,
From the incumbrances of mortal life,
From error, disappointment, ... nay from guilt;
And sometimes, so relenting Justice wills,
From palpable oppressions of Despair.
Wordsworth.
PREFACE.
This poem was commenced at Keswick, Dec. 2. 1809, and finished there July 14. 1814.