[7] 1815.
... usefulness ... 1807.
The text of 1832 resumes that of 1807, but the edition of 1837 returns to the final text of 1815.
[8] 1837.
... and will adorn 1807.
FOOTNOTES:
[A] In a letter to Wilkinson, accompanying a copy of these verses, which Wordsworth sent from Coleorton, in November 1806, he wrote: "They are supposed to have been composed that afternoon when you and I were labouring together in your pleasure-ground." I think that Professor Dowden is right in supposing that they were written in 1806.—Ed.
CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR
Composed 1806.—Published 1807