VARIANTS:

[813] 1836.

Vicious inclinations are best kept under by giving good ones an opportunity to shew themselves— 1814.

[814] 1836.

deplored from want of due respect to this truth on the part of their superiors in society— 1814.

[815] 1836.

Genuine principles of equality— 1814.

[816] 1836.

humblest—Happy 1814.

[817] 1836.

Wanderer breaks off—Walk to the Lake—embark—Description of scenery and amusements— 1814.

[818] 1820.

1814.
... has ...

[819] 1827.

Of her own native vigour—but for this,
1814.
That it is given her thence in age to hear

[820] 1827.

1814.
... tow'rds ...

[821] 1832.

1814.
... will ever be allowed,

[822] 1850.

1814.
... is it ...

[823] 1827.

1814.
... which ...

[824] 1845.

1814.
... upon ...

[825] 1827.

1814.
... itself, ...

[826] 1827.

1814.
... touches ...

[827] 1827.

1814.
What more than this, that we thereby should gain

[828] 1832.

They sweep away infection from the heart;
And, by the substitution of delight,
1814.
Suppress all evil; ...
They sweep distemper from the busy day,
And make the Vessel of the big round Year
1827.
Run o'er with gladness; ...

[829] 1827.

1814.
... power

[830] 1827.

... before your sight
A most familiar object of our days,
1814.
A Little-one, ...

[831] 1827.

1814.
... my ...

[832]

MS.
Through which she ...

[833] 1827.

1814.
... Sheep ...

[834] 1827.

Which Women who have Children of their own
Regard without compassion, yea with praise!
1814.
I spake of mischief which the wise diffuse

[835] 1827.

1814.
Within the reach ...

[836] 1845.

... and death to be
1814.
Foretasted, immortality presumed.

[837] 1814.

C.
Bountiful ...

[838] 1836.

... no special boon
For high and not for low, for proudly graced
1814.
And ...

[839] 1836.

1814.
... haughty ...

[840] 1836.

1814.
... betwixt ...

[841] 1836.

1814.
But let us rather fix our gladdened thoughts
1827.
"But let us rather turn our gladdened thoughts

[842] 1836.

1814.
... this is sure, ...

[843] 1827.

1814.
... and to inform

[844] 1836.

1814.
To drudge through weary life without the aid

[845] 1827.

This right, as sacred almost as the right
To exist and be supplied with sustenance
1814.
And means of life, the lisping Babe proclaims

[846] 1827.

1814.
... sacred ...

[847] 1814.

1836.
That ...

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1814.

[848] 1827.

1814.
... acts

[849] 1827.

To breed commotion and disquietude,
1814.
Each might preserve ...

[850] 1836.

1814.
Amongst ...

[851] 1827.

... do alike require
That permanent provision should be made
1814.
For the whole people to be taught and trained.

[852]

... descend
Upon the humblest member of the State
C.
Like ...

[853] 1845.

1814.
With civil arts, and send their fragrance forth,
1827.
... that send ...

[854] 1827.

From Culture, universally bestowed
On Britain's noble Race in freedom born;
1814.
From Education, from that humble source,

[855] 1827.

1814.
... quiet ...

[856] 1836.

1814.
The Lake though bright, is of a placid blue;

[857] 1845.

1814.
Beneath her ...

[858] 1827.

1814.
And down the Valley on the Streamlet's bank

[859] 1832.

1814.
... I sometimes feel, ...

[860] 1845.

... so serene and bright;
Like those reflected in yon quiet Pool,
Cannot be lasting in a world like ours,
1814.
To great and small disturbances exposed."
... so serene and bright;
Like those reflected in yon quiet pool,
Cannot be lasting in a world whose pleasure
(And whose best beauty, beautiful as it is)
Seems but a fleeting sun-beam's gift, whose peace
1836.
The sufferance only of a breath of air!"
... so serene and bright
Cannot be lasting in a world like ours,
One whose best beauty, beautiful as it is,
Like that reflected in yon quiet pool
Seems but a fleeting sun-beam's gift, whose peace
1840.
The sufferance only of a breath of air!"

[861] 1836.

—When we had cautiously embarked, the Pair
Now for a prouder service were addrest;
But an inexorable law forbade,
And each resigned the oar which he had seized.
Whereat, with willing hand I undertook
1814.
The needful labour; grateful task!—to me

[862] 1836.

... Now the reedy marge
1814.
Cleared, with a strenuous arm I dipped the oar,

[863] 1836.

1814.
... bend ...

[864]

C.
... darksome ...

[865]

C.
... by youthful Pages served

[866] 1836.

... partook
1814.
The beverage drawn from China's fragrant herb.

[867] 1836.

1814.
... roused ...

[868] 1827.

1814.
... there, ...

[869] 1836.

... beach
1814.
It seems extinct; nor shall ...

[870] 1836.

Thus did the Bark, meandering with the shore,
Pursue her voyage, till a point was gained
Where a projecting line of rock, that framed
1814.
A natural pier, invited us to land.
Thus did the Bark, meandering with the shore,
Pursue her voyage, till a natural pier
1827.
Of jutting rock invited us to land.

[871] 1827.

... and thence obtained,
1814.
Slowly, a less and less obstructed sight

[872] 1836.

1814.
Of ...

[873] 1827.

1814.
Of the whole lake— ...

[874] 1827.

... presiding o'er the Vale
1814.
And all her Dwellings; seemingly preserved

[875] 1845.

1814.
From the intrusion of a restless world

[876] 1827.

With resting-place of mossy stone;—and there
We sate reclined—admiring quietly
The frame and general aspect of the scene;
1814.
And each not seldom eager to make known

[877] 1836.

1814.
... ne'er ...

[878] 1836.

Pierced through their thin etherial mould, ere we,
1814.
Who saw, of change were conscious, had become
Ere we, who saw, of change were conscious, pierced
1827.
Through their ethereal texture, had become

[879] 1827.

1814.
... Image of Thyself.

[880] 1836.

1814.
Whom morning wakes, among sweet dews and flowers

[881]

C.
... henceforward raised ...

[882] 1827.

... and unceasing joy.
1814.
Once, while the Name ...

[883] 1827.

1814.
... their heads

[884] 1827.

1814.
Of those dread Idols, some, perchance, received

[885] 1827.

1814.
... spacious ...

[886] 1836.

1814.
At this affecting hour, might almost think

[887] 1827

On your Abodes, and this beloved Land,
Our birth-place, home, and Country, while on Earth
We sojourn,—loudly do I utter thanks
1814.
With earnest joy, that will not be suppressed.

[888] 1827.

1814.
... or ...

[889] 1836.

1814.
Beneath ...

[890] 1845.

... in the lonely dell,
His chosen residence. But, ere he turned
1814.
Aside, a welcome promise had been given,
1827.
But turned not without welcome promise given,

[891] 1845.

Of yet another summer's day, consumed
1814.
In wandering with us through the Vallies fair,
... given up
C.
To wandering ...

[892] 1814.

1827.
... is yours ...

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1814.

FOOTNOTES:

[KJ] "On the side of Loughrigg Fell, at the foot of the lake, and looking down upon it and the whole Vale and its encompassing mountains, the Pastor is supposed by me to stand, when at sunset he addresses his companions."—I. F.

[KK] Compare Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey (vol. ii. p. 55, l. 100)—

A motion and a spirit, that impels
All thinking things, all objects of all thought,
ED.
And rolls through all things.

[KL] The vale of Langdale rather than that of Grasmere. It was the cottage at Hackett that was, by "the magician's wand," converted into the "Parsonage." Possibly, however, the allusion may be to Fairfield, or Stone Arthur.—ED.

[KM] The Rothay.—ED.

[KN] A phrase now familiarized to English ears by Mr. Arnold's use of it.—ED.

[KO] See Wordsworth's note, p. 390. Compulsory Elementary Education was secured to Scotland by the Education Act of 1872, and to England by the Act of 1880.—ED.

[KP] A promontory in Valencia, facing the Balearic Isles.—ED.

[KQ] The reference is to Napoleon Buonaparte, and his designs of conquest, "oppression," and "destruction."—ED.

[KR] See note, p. 371.—ED.

[KS] Compare Yarrow Unvisited, ll. 43, 44 (vol. ii. p. 412)—

The swan on still St. Mary's Lake
ED.
Float double, swan and shadow.

[KT] Compare The Prelude, book ii. ll. 54-57 (vol. iii. p. 155)—

When summer came,
Our pastime was, on bright half-holidays,
To sweep along the plain of Windermere
ED.
With rival oars.

[KU] Dr. Cradock, the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, wrote to me in 1878: "The Lake is of course, in the main, that of Grasmere, 'the grassy mountain's open side' being avowedly Loughrigg Terrace. But, according to Wordsworth's habit, he has drawn his imagery from various other places—as the island of Grasmere is not 'with birch-trees fringed.' (This may well refer to Rydal.) Again, I know of no 'lilies of the vale' at Grasmere, but they are found, I believe, on one of the islands of Windermere, certainly in woods near the river Leven, below that lake. Again, the vicar refers to 'two islands' on the lake, but Grasmere has only one. I never saw a goat 'browsing by dashing waterfalls,' still less 'spotted deer' on or near Grasmere."

It seems to me that the description refers, first to Rydal lake, and then to Grasmere. The company descend, as will be seen, along a streamlet to a bridge, where they see a ram reflected in the water. They then go into a boat, and sail to the 'rocky isle with birch-trees fringed.' This cannot refer to the island in Grasmere, but it may refer to the larger one in Rydal. Even the 'dashing waterfall' may be the small one in the beck that descends between Nab Scar and White Moss Common. But if this be correct, and if the whole party are supposed to ascend Loughrigg Terrace later on, proceeding to a point whence they can view the vale of Grasmere, there are still some difficulties in localising the details.—ED.

[KV] Probably the terrace walks on Loughrigg are here referred to.—ED.

[KW] Compare The Prelude, book ii. ll. 59-61 (vol. iii. p. 155)—

... a Sister Isle
Beneath the oaks' umbrageous covert, sown
ED.
With lilies of the valley like a field.

[KX] See note, p. 371.—ED.

[KY] See note, p. 371.—ED.

[KZ] Loughrigg.—ED.

[LA] Of Grasmere.—ED.

[LB] Loughrigg Fell. See the Fenwick note, p. 15, and p. 374 line 6.—ED.

[LC] The reference may be to the crater-like recess or "cove," on Helm Crag, or to the more distant recesses of Easdale.—ED.

[LD] A name of Jupiter among the Druids in Gaul. Toland, in his History of the Druids (p. 247), gives a list of the Dii Gallorum, beginning with Taramis and ending with Adraste or Andate. And, in an edition of Toland's History, edited with elaborate notes by R. Huddleston, schoolmaster, Lunan, and published at Montrose in 1814, I find the following, p. 357:—"Taramis, or Taranis, is the Gaelic Taran, or Tharan, i.e. 'thunder.' This god is the same with the Grecian Zeus, or the Roman Jupiter. By this deity the Celts understood Baal. Taranis, or Tharanis, is sometimes written Tanaris, or Thanaris, which bears a great affinity to the English thunder, the German Donder, and the Roman Tonitru. Lucan mentions him (lib. i.) in these words—

Et Taranis Scythicæ non mitior ara Dianæ.

From the Celts the Germans borrowed Tharanis, and by abbreviation formed their God Thor, whence Thursday, the same as the Roman Dies Iovis." Compare Southey's Book of the Church, vol. i. p. 5.—ED.

[LE] The same editor of Toland's book on the Druids, whose comment on Taranis is given in the previous note, writes thus of Adraste, or Andate, p. 359:—"Respecting this goddess there has been some difference of opinion. The Greeks seem to have considered her as Nemesis, or the goddess of revenge.... There can be little doubt that the goddess here meant is the Phœnician Ashtaroth, or Astarte, i.e. 'the moon.'" See Dio Cassius, i. 64.—ED.