Observed as described in the then beautiful Orchard at Town-End.
108. *Song for the Spinning-wheel. [XVI.]
1806. The belief on which this is founded I have often heard expressed by an old neighbour of Grasmere.
109. *Hint from the Mountains. [XVII.]
Bunches of fern may often be seen wheeling about in the wind, as here described. The particular bunch that suggested these verses was noticed in the Pass of Dunmail-Raise. The verses were composed in 1817, but the application is for all times and places.
110. *On seeing a Needle-case in the Form of a Harp. [XVIII.] 1827.
111. *The Contrast: the Parrot and the Wren.
This parrot belonged to Mrs. Luff while living at Fox-Ghyll. The wren was one that haunted for many years the Summer-house between the two terraces at Rydal Mount. [In pencil on opposite page—Addressed to Dora.]
112. *The Danish Boy. [XXII.]
Written in Germany, 1799. It was entirely a fancy; but intended as a prelude to a ballad poem never written.