23

Or Wren or Linnet,
In Bush and Bushet;
No tree, but in it
A cooing Cushat.

May 1807. Now first published from an MS.


24

The reed roof'd village still bepatch'd with snow
Smok'd in the sun-thaw.

1798. Now first published from an MS. Compare Frost at Midnight, ll. 69-70, ante, p. 242.


25

And in Life's noisiest hour
There whispers still the ceaseless love of thee,
The heart's self-solace
commune

and soliloquy.