There were no changes of text in the published editions of this poem. The various readings given are from MS. copies of the poem, in Mrs. Wordsworth's handwriting.—Ed.
[970] 1835.
'Tis sweet to stand by Lyulph's Tower
MS.
[971] A pleasure-house built by the late Duke of Norfolk upon the banks of Ullswater. Force is the word used in the Lake District for Waterfall.—W. W. 1835.
[972] Compare Airey-Force Valley—
the brook itself,
Old as the hills that feed it from afar,
Doth rather deepen than disturb the calm, etc.—Ed.
[973] 1835.
To rudest shepherd of the vale
The spot seems holy ground;
MS.