P. 443. PROTEST AGAINST THE BALLOT. 1838:-Published only in the collected Sonnets, 1838, and a Supplement to the collective edd., issued in 1839. Cp. Said Secrecy to Cowardice and Fraud, vol. 11. p. 386. P. 443. A POET TO HIS GRANDCHILD, Sequel to A Plea for Authors': Cp. vol. 1. p. 476. This sonnet was published only, like the last, in 1838 and 1839. P. 444. ON A PORTRAIT OF ISABELLA FENWICK, PAINTED BY Margaret GILLIES. Rydal Mount, New Year's Day, 1840:-This and the following were first published in Christopher Wordsworth's Memoirs of William Wordsworth. P. 445. ОH BOUNTY WITHOUT MEASURE, WHILE THE GRACE. 7th April 1840. My 70th Birthday:-Sent to Crabb Robinson. First published by Prof. Knight. P. 445. WHEN SEVERN'S SWEEPING FLOOD HAD OVERTHROWN.' Rydal Mount, Jan. 23, 1842:-Published, with poems by James Montgomery and two others, in 1842 to aid in the erection of a church at Cardiff. P. 446. THE EAGLE AND THE DOVE. Published 1842:-The Eagle and the Dove was contributed to a volume published in honour of the royalist students of the college at Vannes who revolted against Napoleon in 1815; La Petite Chouannerie, ou Histoire d'un Collège Breton sous l'Empire, 1842. Landor and others contributed to the volume. P. 447. ODE ON THE INSTALLATION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, JULY 6, 1847: -This Ode was published in the newspapers as 'written for the occasion by the Poet Laureate, by royal command.' But Prof. Knight says:'There is no evidence, however, that Wordsworth wrote a single line of it.' It has been attributed to Christopher Wordsworth and to Edward Quillinan. Perhaps all three had a hand in it. Wordsworth was suffering much in spirits at the time, especially from the illness of his daughter, Dora Quillinan, who, as a matter of fact, died on July 9, three days after the performance of this Ode. APPENDIX: POEMS OF 1793 P. 450. I follow Prof. Dowden and Mr. Hutchinson in reprinting these two poems in their original form, the alterations in subsequent editions being so great. Prof. Knight follows the same plan with regard to the Descriptive Sketches only. P. 451. AN EVENING WALK, 1. 29. April tear:-Prof. Legouis points out that April tear' is taken from Lady Winchelsea's 'But Aprildrops our tears,' in Life's Progress. P. 452, 1. 81. Visto:-This version of the word 'vista' is found occasionally. The Cent. Dict. quotes Gay, To a Young Lady: Then all beside each glade and visto You'd see nymphs lying like Calisto. P. 456, l. 254. The text of 1793 gives 'Minden's charnel plain'; but the list of errata in that ed. gives 'Bunker's charnel hill.' DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES P. 463, 1. 9. The original text has, 'Where Silence, on her night of wing, o'erbroods.' I have, with great reluctance, altered the text, because I feel quite convinced that, even in his earliest days, Wordsworth would not have written an expression so devoid of meaning. If the phrase 'night of wing' could mean 'night made by the overshadowing wing of Silence,' still silence could not conceivably be spoken of as 'on' such a night: whereas on her wing of night' is an obvious and harmless expression. INDEX OF FIRST LINES A barking sound the Shepherd hears A Book came forth of late, called PETER BELL II. 298 II. 56 I. 435 14 Affections lose their objects; Time brings forth Age! twine thy brows with fresh spring flowers Among all lovely things my Love had been Among the dwellers in the silent fields . Among the dwellings framed by birds Among the mountains were we nursed, loved Stream A month, sweet Little-ones, is past And what is Penance with her knotted thong Another year!-another deadly blow A Pilgrim, when the summer day An Orpheus! an Orpheus! yes, Faith may grow bold A pen-to register; a key II. III. II. 395 II. 237 II. 259 A plague on your languages, German and Norse A Roman Master stands on Grecian ground Art thou the bird whom Man loves best As faith thus sanctified the warrior's crest A trouble, not of clouds, or weeping rain At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears A voice from long-expecting thousands sent A volant Tribe of Bards on earth are found Avon-a precious, an immortal name A weight of awe not easy to be borne A winged Goddess-clothed in vesture wrought Bard of the Fleece, whose skilful genius made Before the world had passed her time of youth Behold an emblem of our human mind Behold a pupil of the monkish gown Behold her, single in the field Behold, within the leafy shade 'Beloved vale!' I said, 'when I shall con Black Demons hovering o'er his mitred head VOL. PAGE II. 306 II. 59 II. 336 Bold words affirmed, in days when faith was strong Brook! whose society the Poet seeks But here no cannon thunders to the gale But what if One, through grove or flowery mead But whence came they who for the Saviour Lord By antique Fancy trimmed-though lowly, bred By Art's bold privilege Warrior and War-horse stand By chain yet stronger must the Soul be tied. By Moscow self-devoted to a blaze By playful smiles, alas! too oft By such examples moved to unbought pains By vain affections unenthralled Call not the royal Swede unfortunate Calm as an under-current, strong to draw Dark and more dark the shades of evening fell Dear be the Church, that, watching o'er the needs Dear Fellow-travellers! think not that the Muse |