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course of the following week: the particulars are given in my sister's Journal of that tour.-I. F.

Written, except two poems, in 1831; first published 1835. No. XXIII. was first included in the Itinerary Series of 1833. The first of the " Sonnets Dedicated to Liberty and Order," that "Composed after Reading a Newspaper of the Day," is printed in the "Yarrow Revisited" volume (but not in that series) with the note, "This sonnet ought to have followed No. VII. (i.e., No. VIII. as finally arranged, Loch Etive'), but was omitted by mistake." It appeared in the series in edd. 1836-1843.-ED.

I. (page 303).

Named "Yarrow Revisited" in 1835. L. 47, "waylays" (1837); waylay" (1835). L. 70 (1837); in 1835, "Where'er thy path invite Thee.”—ED.

On the Departure of Sir Walter Scott (page 307). Text unchanged. See Fenwick note. "Written a day or two after we left Abbotsford" (Dora Wordsworth). Sent to Alaric Watts for insertion in the "Literary Souvenir," 1833.-ED.

A Place of Burial in the South of Scotland (page 308).

Similar places for burial are not unfrequent in Scotland. The one that suggested this Sonnet lies on the banks of a small stream called the Wauchope that flows into the Esk near Langholme. Mickle, who, as it appears from his poem on Sir Martin, was not without genuine poetic feelings, was born and passed his boyhood in this neighbourhood, under his father, who was a minister of the Scotch Kirk. The Esk, both above and below Langholme, flows through a beautiful country, and the two streams of the Wauchope and the Ewes, which join it near that place, are such as a pastoral poet would delight in.-I. F.

L. 1," rugged steep" (1837); in 1835, "ragged steep." -ED.

On the Sight of a Manse in the South of Scotland

(page 308).

The manses in Scotland and the gardens and grounds about them have seldom that attractive appearance which

is common about our English parsonages, even when the clergyman's income falls below the average of the Scotch minister's. This is not merely owing to the one country being poor in comparison with the other, but arises rather out of the equality of their benefices, so that no one has enough to spare for decorations that might serve as an example for others; whereas, with us, the taste of the richer incumbent extends its influence more or less to the poorest. After all, in these observations the surface only of the matter is touched. I once heard a conversation in which the Roman Catholic Religion was decried on account of its abuses. "You cannot deny, however," said a lady of the party, repeating an expression used by Charles II., " that it is the religion of a gentleman." It may be left to the Scotch themselves to determine how far this observation applies to their Kirk, while it cannot be denied, if it is wanting in that characteristic quality, the aspect of common life, so far as concerns its beauty, must suffer. Sincere christian piety may be thought not to stand in need of refinement or studied ornament; but assuredly it is ever ready to adopt them, when they fall within its notice, as means allow; and this observation applies not only to manners, but to everything a christian (truly so in spirit) cultivates and gathers round him, however humble his social condition.-I. F.

Ll. 5, 6 (1845); previously:

"And o'er wide plains whereon the sky distils
Her lark's loved warblings-".-Ed.

Composed in Roslin Chapel, during a Storm (page 309).

We were detained by incessant rain and storm at the small inn near Roslin Chapel, and I passed a great part of the day pacing to and fro in this beautiful structure, which, though not used for public service, is not allowed to go to ruin. Here this Sonnet was composed. If it has at all done justice to the feeling which the place and the storm raging without inspired, I was as a prisoner. A painter delineating the interior of the chapel and its minute features under such circumstances would have, no doubt, found his time agreeably shortened. But the movements of the mind must be more free while dealing with words than with lines and colours; such at least was then and has been on many other occasions my belief, and, as it is allotted to few to follow both arts with success, I

am grateful to my own calling for this and a thousand other recommendations which are denied to that of the painter.-I. F.

Text unchanged.—En.

The Trosachs (page 309).

As recorded in my sister's Journal, I had first seen the Trosachs in her and Coleridge's company. The sentiment that runs through this Sonnet was natural to the season in which I again saw this beautiful spot; but this and some other sonnets that follow were coloured by the remembrance of my recent visit to Sir Walter Scott, and the melancholy errand on which he was going.-I. F.

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Text unchanged except in 1. 5, "which" (1837), “that” (1835), and in l. 13, “That" (1837), “This" (1835).—Ed.

"The pibroch's note," etc. (page 310).

L. 9, "And of" (1845); previously "And some." L. 13, "she" (1845); previously "it."—ED.

Composed in the Glen of Loch Etive (page 311). "That make the Patriot-spirit." It was mortifying to have frequent occasions to observe the bitter hatred of the lower orders of the Highlanders to their superiors; love of country seemed to have passed into its opposite. Emigration was the only relief looked to with hope.I. F.

Text unchanged.-ED.

Eagles (page 311).

"The last I saw was on the wing," off the promontory of Fairhead, county of Antrim. I mention this because, though my tour in Ireland with Mr. Marshall and his son was made many years ago, this allusion to the eagle is the only image supplied by it to the poetry I have since written. We travelled through that country in October, and to the shortness of the days and the speed with which we travelled (in a carriage and four) may be ascribed this want of notices, in my verse, of a country so interesting. The deficiency I am somewhat ashamed of, and it is the more remarkable as contrasted with my Scotch and Continental tours, of which are to be found in this volume so many memorials.—I. F.

L. 12 (1845); previously "In spirit for a moment he

resumes.'

Wordsworth, in speaking to Archer Butler, ascribed the lack of poetry in connection with his Irish tour to the depressing effect upon his spirits and imagination of the sight of misery in Ireland (see Fenwick note). This poem was sent in MS. to W. Rowan Hamilton, Oct. 27, 1831-ED.

In the Sound of Mull (page 312).

Touring late in the season in Scotland is an uncertain speculation. We were detained a week by rain at Bunaw on Loch Etive in a vain hope that the weather would clear up and allow me to show my daughter the beauties of Glencoe. Two days we were at the isle of Mull, on a visit to Major Campbell; but it rained incessantly, and we were obliged to give up our intention of going to Staffa. The rain pursued us to Tyndrum, where the Eleventh Sonnet was composed in a storm.-I. F.

L. 11, "those" (1837); " these" (1835). L. 12," they claimed" (1837); "that they claimed" (1835).-Ed.

Suggested at Tyndrum (page 313).

L. 13, "Powers" (1827); "Power" (1835).-Ed.

XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII.
(pages 313-319).

Text unchanged.—ED.

Highland Hut (page 314).

This sonnet describes the exterior of a Highland hut, as often seen under morning or evening sunshine. To the authoress of the "Address to the Wind," and other poems, in these volumes, who was my fellow-traveller in this tour, I am indebted for the following extract from her journal, which accurately describes, under particular circumstances, the beautiful appearance of the interior of one of these rude habitations.

"On our return from the Trosachs the evening began to darken, and it rained so heavily that we were completely wet before we had come two miles, and it was dark when we landed with our boatman, at his hut upon the banks of Loch Katrine. I was faint from cold: the good н н 2

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