1837
—A few appear by morning light,
Preserved upon the tall mast's height:
Oft in my Soul I see that sight;

1815

—A few appear by morning light,
Preserved upon the tall mast's height:
Oft in my Soul I see that sight;

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[Variant 4:] In the edition of 1827 and subsequent ones, Wordsworth here inserted a footnote, asking the reader to refer to No. VI. of the "Poems on the Naming of Places," beginning "When, to the attractions of the busy world," p. 66. His note of 1837 refers also to the poem which there precedes the present one, viz. the [Elegiac Stanzas.]—Ed.
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Elegiac Stanzas[A]

Composed 1805.—Published 1807

[The Poem]
[Sir George Beaumont painted two pictures of this subject, one of which he gave to Mrs. Wordsworth, saying she ought to have it; but Lady Beaumont interfered, and after Sir George's death she gave it to Sir Uvedale Price, at whose house at Foxley I have seen it.—I. F.]
Placed by Wordsworth among his "Epitaphs and Elegiac Pieces."—Ed.