Of all the localities around Alfoxden, this grove is the one chiefly associated with Wordsworth. There was no path to the waterfall, as suggested by the Poet to the owner of the place, in 1840; but, in 1880, I found the "natural sylvan bridge" restored. An ash tree, having fallen across the glen, reproduced the scene exactly as it is described in the Fenwick note.—Ed.
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| ... sweet | 1798 |
... sweet
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| If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, If this belief from Heaven is sent, If such be nature's holy plan, From Heaven if this belief be sent, | 1798 1820 1827 |
If I these thoughts may not prevent,
If such be of my creed the plan,
If this belief from Heaven is sent,
If such be nature's holy plan,
From Heaven if this belief be sent,