[540] 1845.
... there ensue
Aught untoward ... 1832.
[541] 1832.
Nature, from thy perfect law!
Through benign affections pure
In the light of self secure,
If from what her hand would do
Or tongue utter, there ensue
Aught untoward or unfit,
Transient mischief, vague mischance
Shunned by guarded elegance. 1829.
[542] 1829.
Only minister to quicken
Sallies of instinctive wit;
Unchecked in laughter-loving gaiety
In all the motions of her spirit free. MS.
[543] 1832.
... that Oberon the fairy 1829.
[544] Sara Coleridge.—Ed.
[545] Compare in The Wishing-Gate Destroyed, stanza 4—