[559] 1835.
Like them who think they hear,
We listened still; for English words
Had dropped upon the ear.
MS. by Mrs. Wordsworth.
The strain seemed doubly dear,
Yea passing sweet—for English words
Had dropt upon the ear.
MS. by Dorothy Wordsworth.
[560] 1835.
When ...
MS. by Dorothy Wordsworth.
[561] Compare the Sonnet—
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,
The holy time is quiet as a Nun.—Ed.