'But why to Him confine the prayer, etc.'
It may be mentioned that in his note to the "Poems, chiefly of Early and Late Years," (1842), Wordsworth does not quote from the text of his sister's Journal,—which was first published in 1875,—but from some other copy of it.—Ed.
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To the Sons of Burns, after Visiting the Grave of their Father[A]
Composed before 1807[B]—Published 1807
Poet's grave is in a corner of the church-yard. We looked at it with melancholy and painful reflections, repeating to each other his own verses:
'Is there a man whose judgment clear, etc.'