Written 1801 or 1802. This arose out of my observations of the affecting music of these birds, hanging in this way in the London streets during the freshness and stillness of the Spring morning.
139. *Power of Music. [XIV.]
Taken from life, 1806.
140. *Star-gazers. [XV.] Observed by me in Leicester Square, as here
141. *Written in March. [XVI.]
Extempore, 1801. This little poem was a favourite with Joanna Baillie.
142. *Beggars. [XVIII.]
Town-End, 1802. Met and described by me to my sister near the Quarry at the head of Rydal Lake—a place still a chosen resort of vagrants travelling with their families.
143. *Gipsies. [XX.]
Composed at Coleorton, 1807. I had observed them, as here described, near Castle Donnington on my way to and from Derby.