FOOTNOTES:
[425] Some of the stanzas of this poem were composed in Nov. 1830, on the way from Rydal to Cambridge. See Wordsworth's letter to W. R. Hamilton, Nov. 26, 1830.—Ed.
[426] Compare Lycidas, l. 142.—Ed.
[427] Newlands. See the Fenwick note, p. [146].—Ed.
["ONCE I COULD HAIL (HOWE'ER SERENE THE SKY)"]
Composed 1826.—Published 1827
"Late, late yestreen I saw the new moone
Wi' the auld moone in hir arme."
Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence, Percy's Reliques.—W. W.
["No faculty yet given me to espy
The dusky Shape within her arms imbound."