Sitting alone, with that his
faithful
Dog, 1800.
William Wordsworth
]
[Variant 46:
1815.
Next morning, as had been resolv'd, the Boy 1800. ]
[Variant 47:
1820.
Would break the heart:--Old Michael found it so. 1800. ]
[Variant 48:
1836.
. . . look'd up upon the sun, 1800.
. . . towards the sun, 1832. ]
[Variant 49:
1836.
Sitting alone, with that his faithful Dog, 1800. ]
* * * * *
FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: The Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, Kimbolton, tells me that in his
copy of the edition of "Lyrical Ballads" of 1800 there is
"on the blank page facing the announcement, written in Wordsworth's
handwriting, the following lines:
'Though it be in th' humblest rank of life,
And in the lowest region of our speech,
Yet is it in that kind as best accords
With rural passion. '"
Ed. ]
[Footnote B: The following lines were written before April 1801, and
were at one time meant to be inserted after "summer flies," and before
"Not with a waste of words. " They are quoted in a letter of Wordsworth's
to Thomas Poole of Nether Stowey, dated April 9th, 1801.
'Though in their occupations they would pass
Whole hours with but small interchange of speech,
Yet were there times in which they did not want
Discourse both wise and prudent, shrewd remarks
Of daily providence, clothed in images
Lively and beautiful, in rural forms
That made their conversation fresh and fair
As is a landscape;--And the shepherd oft
Would draw out of his heart the obscurities
And admirations that were there, of God
And of His works, or, yielding to the bent
Of his peculiar humour, would let loose
The tongue and give it the wind's freedom,--then
Discoursing on remote imaginations, story,
Conceits, devices, day-dreams, thoughts and schemes,
The fancies of a solitary man. '
Ed. ]
[Footnote C: Clipping is the word used in the North of England for
shearing. --W. W. 1800]
[Footnote D: The lines from "Though nought was left," to "daily hope"
(192-206) were, by a printer's blunder, omitted from the first issue of
1800. In the second issue of that year they are given in full. --Ed. ]
[Footnote E: The story alluded to here is well known in the country. The
chapel is called Ings Chapel; and is on the right hand side of the road
leading from Kendal to Ambleside.
[Variant 46:
1815.
Next morning, as had been resolv'd, the Boy 1800. ]
[Variant 47:
1820.
Would break the heart:--Old Michael found it so. 1800. ]
[Variant 48:
1836.
. . . look'd up upon the sun, 1800.
. . . towards the sun, 1832. ]
[Variant 49:
1836.
Sitting alone, with that his faithful Dog, 1800. ]
* * * * *
FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: The Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, Kimbolton, tells me that in his
copy of the edition of "Lyrical Ballads" of 1800 there is
"on the blank page facing the announcement, written in Wordsworth's
handwriting, the following lines:
'Though it be in th' humblest rank of life,
And in the lowest region of our speech,
Yet is it in that kind as best accords
With rural passion. '"
Ed. ]
[Footnote B: The following lines were written before April 1801, and
were at one time meant to be inserted after "summer flies," and before
"Not with a waste of words. " They are quoted in a letter of Wordsworth's
to Thomas Poole of Nether Stowey, dated April 9th, 1801.
'Though in their occupations they would pass
Whole hours with but small interchange of speech,
Yet were there times in which they did not want
Discourse both wise and prudent, shrewd remarks
Of daily providence, clothed in images
Lively and beautiful, in rural forms
That made their conversation fresh and fair
As is a landscape;--And the shepherd oft
Would draw out of his heart the obscurities
And admirations that were there, of God
And of His works, or, yielding to the bent
Of his peculiar humour, would let loose
The tongue and give it the wind's freedom,--then
Discoursing on remote imaginations, story,
Conceits, devices, day-dreams, thoughts and schemes,
The fancies of a solitary man. '
Ed. ]
[Footnote C: Clipping is the word used in the North of England for
shearing. --W. W. 1800]
[Footnote D: The lines from "Though nought was left," to "daily hope"
(192-206) were, by a printer's blunder, omitted from the first issue of
1800. In the second issue of that year they are given in full. --Ed. ]
[Footnote E: The story alluded to here is well known in the country. The
chapel is called Ings Chapel; and is on the right hand side of the road
leading from Kendal to Ambleside.
