[KQ] The reference is to Napoleon Buonaparte, and his designs of conquest, "oppression," and "destruction."—ED.

[KR] See note, p. [371].—ED.

[KS] Compare Yarrow Unvisited, ll. 43, 44 (vol. ii. p. 412)—

The swan on still St. Mary's Lake

Float double, swan and shadow.

[KT] Compare The Prelude, book ii. ll. 54-57 (vol. iii. p. 155)—

When summer came,

Our pastime was, on bright half-holidays,

To sweep along the plain of Windermere

With rival oars.