[328] Compare The Excursion, book iv. ll. 205, 206—

Alas! the endowment of immortal power

Is matched unequally with custom, time.

Ed.

[329] 1827.

Perpetual benedictions: …

1807.

[330] 1815.

Of Childhood, whether fluttering or at rest,

With new-born hope for ever in his breast: