FOOTNOTES:
[A] Compare Michael Drayton, The Muse's Elysium, nymphal vi. ll. 4-7—
The wind had no more strength than this,
That leisurely it blew,
To make one leaf the next to kiss
That closely by it grew.
Wordsworth frequently confessed his obligation to Dr. Anderson—the editor of the British Poets—for enabling him to acquaint himself with the poetry of Drayton, and other early English writers.—Ed.
POWER OF MUSIC
Composed 1806.—Published 1807
[Taken from life.—I. F.]
Classed among the "Poems of the Imagination." The original title in MS. was "A Street Fiddler (in London)."—Ed.
An Orpheus! an Orpheus! yes, Faith may grow bold,
And take to herself all the wonders of old;—
Near the stately Pantheon you'll meet with the same
In the street that from Oxford hath borrowed its name.