Then, in my walks, I oftentimes stop short,
[626] 1832.
1814.
The Wife, who rests beneath that turf, from which
FOOTNOTES:
[HA] Note Wordsworth's love for the Established Church of England, and compare the Ecclesiastical Sonnets.—ED.
[HB] See Wordsworth's note, p. [389].—ED.
[HC] Was he thinking of Cranmer?—ED.
[HD] "His story is here truly related. He was a schoolfellow of mine for some years. He came to us when he was at least seventeen years of age, very tall, robust, and full grown. This prevented him from falling into the amusements and games of the school; consequently, he gave more time to books. He was not remarkably bright or quick, but, by industry, he made a progress more than respectable. His parents not being wealthy enough to send him to college when he left Hawkshead, he became a schoolmaster, with a view to prepare himself for holy orders. About this time he fell in love, as related in the poem, and everything followed as there described, except that I do not know exactly when and where he died."—I. F.