NOTES
26 Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 271 : 'A Song.
1. 8 t' explain
27 1. 16 do 's
Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 215: ' To a Friend, in Praise of the Invention of Writing Letters: 'forty lines, of which W. takes the last ten, in which the thought passes from mere fancy to poetic imagination. The poem is worth examining to discover the judgment shown by W. in his choice of passages. In 1. 8 born = borne. 'Happiness' in 1. 9 seems due to W. The original has ' happy Case,' and the MS. shows signs of erasure, the 'y' of 'happy' being clearly discernible.
28 Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 118: 'The Cautious Lovers.' Fourteen quatrains, of which W. omits two, after 1. 32, the first being
'Who e'er was mov'd yet to go down,
By such o'er-cautious Fear;
Or for one Lover left the Town,
Who might have numbers here?'
This lacks that 'high and excellent seriousness ' which W. required.
1. 1 let's
29 1. 18 Then in
1. 22 well-chose
30 1. 32 Accidents
1. 36 Conquest
1. 37 Beach
1. 44 And will not trust too far. No ( ).
31 W. seems to spell Winchelsea always, as in the edition of her Poems in 1714 it is spelt. The 'Poems by Eminent Ladies,' 1755, a compilation by G. Colman and B. Thornton, was sold on the third day's sale of the books at Rydal Mount, July 21, 1859: Article No. 600 of the Catalogue. The 'Fragment' is on p. 18 above; see line 12, and note.
32 Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 122: 'To Death.' A note in the American edition of Lady W.'s Poems (1903) says this Poem was 'accidentally misplaced '; by whom it is not told; but it is curious that W. also adds it as an afterthought, if his note on preceding page was originally intended to close the selections from Lady Winchelsea. His good taste is exemplified by its inclusion.
1. 14 My Bus'ness is to
