Perhaps this poem may fall into the hands of some curious
traveller, who may thank me for
informing
him, that up the Duddon, the
river which forms the aestuary at Broughton, may be found some of the
most romantic scenery of these mountains.
Wordsworth - 1
]
[Variant 103:
1836.
... the feeding ... 1793.]
[Variant 104:
1836.
The tremulous sob of the complaining owl; 1793.]
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FOOTNOTES ON VARIANTS (Sub-Footnotes)
[Sub-Footnote i: These rude structures, to protect the flocks, are
frequent in this country: the traveller may recollect one in Withburne,
another upon Whinlatter.--W. W. 1793.]
[Sub-Footnote ii: Not far from Broughton is a Druid monument, of which I
do not recollect that any tour descriptive of this country makes
mention.
Perhaps this poem may fall into the hands of some curious
traveller, who may thank me for
informing
him, that up the Duddon, the
river which forms the aestuary at Broughton, may be found some of the
most romantic scenery of these mountains.
--W. W. 1793.
This circle is at the top of Swinside, a glen about four miles from
Broughton. It consists of 50 stones, 90 yards in circumference; and is
on the fell, which is part of the range terminating in Black
Combe.--Ed.]
[Sub-Footnote iii: The lily of the valley is found in great abundance in
the smaller islands of Winandermere.--W. W. 1793.]
[Sub-Footnote iv: In the 1793 edition this line reads "Asleep on
Minden's charnel plain afar." The 'errata', list inserted in some copies
of that edition gives "Bunker's charnel hill."--Ed.]
[Sub-Footnote v: Sugh, a Scotch word, expressive, as Mr. Gilpin explains
it, of the sound of the motion of a stick through the air, or of the
wind passing through the trees.
