[A] See [The White Doe of Rylstone].—W. W. 1820.
[B] Charles Lamb wrote to Wordsworth, May 1819, of Rogers—"He has been re-writing your Poem of the Strid, and publishing it at the end of his 'Human Life.' Tie him up to the cart, hangman, while you are about it." (The Letters of Charles Lamb, edited by Alfred Ainger, vol. ii. p. 20.)—Ed.
[C] The Lady Alice De Romilly built not only Bolton Priory, but the nave of Carlisle Cathedral, and the chancel of Crosthwaite Parish Church at Keswick.—Ed.
[D] "Young Romilly" was a son of Fitz Duncan, Earl of Murray in Scotland, whose Cumbrian estates extended from Dunmail Raise to St. Bees. This "Boy of Egremond" was second cousin of Malcolm, King of Scotland; and by the marriage of Fitz Duncan's sister (Matilda the Good) with Henry I. of England, he stood in the same relation to Henry II. of England. Fitz Duncan married Alice, the only daughter and heiress of Robert de Romilly, lord of Skipton. Compare Ferguson's History of Cumberland, p. 175.—Ed.
[E] Alluding to a Ballad of Logan's.—W. W. 1807.
[F] From the same Ballad.—W. W. 1807.
COMPOSED WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS ENGAGED IN WRITING A TRACT, OCCASIONED BY THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA. 1808
Composed 1808.—Published 1815
This sonnet was included among those "dedicated to Liberty."—Ed.