A thousand times more beautiful than the earth
On which he dwells, above this frame of things
(Which, 'mid all revolution in the hopes
And fears of men, doth still remain unchanged)
In beauty exalted, as it is itself

Of quality and fabric more divine.

NOTES

Page 16.

"How that one Frenchman," &c.

Dominique de Gourgues, a French gentleman who went in 1568 to Florida to avenge the massacre of the French by the Spaniards there.

Page 23.

"Wisdom and Spirit of the universe!" &c.

These lines, to page 24, line 15, have already been printed, Vol. I. p. 219.

Page 46.

"That one was by my side, a Friend," &c.

The late Rev. John Fleming, of Rayrigg, Windermere.

Page 82.

"Towards that sweet Valley, where I had been reared.” Hawkshead.

Page 113.

"There was a Boy: ye knew him well, ye cliffs," &c.

See Vol. II. p. 117.

Page 147.

"The brook and road," &c.

See Vol. II. p. 125.

Page 155.

"Which met me issuing from the City's walls"

The City of Goslar, in Lower Saxony.

Page 187.

"A cheerful smile unbends the wrinkled brow," &c.

These lines are from a descriptive Poem -"Malvern Hills " -by one of Mr. Wordsworth's oldest friends, Mr. Joseph Cottle.

Page 202.

"Dear native Regions," &c.

See Vol. I. p. 1.

Page 208.

"Darkness ere day's mid course," &c.

From Milton, Par. Lost. xi. 204.

Page 232.

"But I might here, instead, repeat a tale.”

See "Vaudracour and Julia," Vol. I. p. 312.

Page 265.

"O pleasant exercise of hope and joy!" gc.

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