NOTES
1 Composed Dec. 21, 1819 : published 1820. Probably sent with the Album as a Christmas gift. Collated with ed. 1828 (Galignaui) :
1. 9 resigned;
1. 10 Work !—
1. 10 bright [om.—]
1. 11 taint;
1. 12 though [as originally written and then erased in MS. here].
1. 13 Or if
1. 14 musing,undated.
2 Miscellany Poems, by a Lady, 1713, types identical (but new title-page) with Poems of Anne Countess of Winchelsea, 1714, p. 92. An excerpt from ' The Spleen. A Pindarick Poem' of 150 lines. This passage begins (1. 81) :
Whilst in the Muses Paths I stray,
Whilst in their groves, and by their secret Springs
1. 6 th' inimitable Wordsworth_cuts out one line; or paint on glass
The Sov'reign's blurr'd and undistiuguish'd Face,
The threatniug Angel, &c.
The excision invites comment!
3 Miscellany Poems, by a Lady, 1713, Poems of Anne Countess of Winchelsea, 1714, p. 33: 'The Petition for an absolute Retreat. Inscribed to the Right Honble Catherine Countess of Thanet, mentioned in the Poem under the name of Arminda.' Out of 293 lines, W. selects 11. 1-2.5 ; 32-47 ;
104-125.
1. 11 glass,
1. 12 News, . . . Ears ;
4 1. 15 shop,
1. 16 spread,
1. 18 thither
1. 25 it's Art,
1. 26 Fate,
1. 31 coveted
5 1. 33 the native Cup ;
6 1. 69 Man,
1. 60 Jealousie,
1. 63 Windings,
7. Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 263 : ' Moral Song.' Not divided into quatrains.
1. 2 here;
1. 6 Pride;
1. 9 Youth,
1. 12 in,
