FOOTNOTES:

[IJ] The Julian Alps, also known as the Carnic Alps, bound the plains of Venetia, and curve round from Mount Terglu to the Dalmatian range, and the neighbourhood of Trieste.—Ed.

[IK] Six miles from Menaggio, on Lake Lugano.—Ed.

[IL] Compare Musings near Aquapendente (April 1837), l. 62. This stanza was first included in the 1832 edition of the poems.—Ed.


XXVII
THE THREE COTTAGE GIRLS

I

How blest the Maid whose heart—yet free