) On the last page is written, "I carried this Book with me in
my pedestrian tour in the Alps with Jones.
my pedestrian tour in the Alps with Jones.
Wordsworth - 1
--Ed.
]
[Footnote B: There is something characteristic in Wordsworth's
addressing an intimate travelling companion in this way. S. T. C. , or
Charles Lamb, would have written, as we do, "My dear Jones"; but
Wordsworth addressed his friend as "Dear Sir," and described his sister
as "a Young Lady," and as a "Female Friend. "--Ed. ]
[Footnote C: In a small pocket copy of the 'Orlando Furioso' of
Ariosto--now in the possession of the poet's grandson, Mr. Gordon
Wordsworth--of which the title-page is torn away, the following is
written on the first page, "My companion in the Alps with Jones. W.
Wordsworth:" also "W. W. to D. W. " (He had given it to his sister
Dorothy.
) On the last page is written, "I carried this Book with me in
my pedestrian tour in the Alps with Jones. W. Wordsworth. " Dorothy
Wordsworth gave this interesting relic to Miss Quillinan, from whose
library it passed to that of its present owner. --Ed. ]
[Footnote D: By an evident error, corrected in the first reprint of this
edition (1840). See p. 79. --Ed. [the end of the introductory text to
'Guilt and Sorrow', the next poem in this text. ]]
[Footnote E: See Addison's 'Cato', Act 1. Scene i. , l. 171:
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Ed. ]
[Footnote F: The lyre of Memnon is reported to have emitted melancholy
or chearful tones, as it was touched by the sun's evening or morning
rays.
[Footnote B: There is something characteristic in Wordsworth's
addressing an intimate travelling companion in this way. S. T. C. , or
Charles Lamb, would have written, as we do, "My dear Jones"; but
Wordsworth addressed his friend as "Dear Sir," and described his sister
as "a Young Lady," and as a "Female Friend. "--Ed. ]
[Footnote C: In a small pocket copy of the 'Orlando Furioso' of
Ariosto--now in the possession of the poet's grandson, Mr. Gordon
Wordsworth--of which the title-page is torn away, the following is
written on the first page, "My companion in the Alps with Jones. W.
Wordsworth:" also "W. W. to D. W. " (He had given it to his sister
Dorothy.
) On the last page is written, "I carried this Book with me in
my pedestrian tour in the Alps with Jones. W. Wordsworth. " Dorothy
Wordsworth gave this interesting relic to Miss Quillinan, from whose
library it passed to that of its present owner. --Ed. ]
[Footnote D: By an evident error, corrected in the first reprint of this
edition (1840). See p. 79. --Ed. [the end of the introductory text to
'Guilt and Sorrow', the next poem in this text. ]]
[Footnote E: See Addison's 'Cato', Act 1. Scene i. , l. 171:
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Ed. ]
[Footnote F: The lyre of Memnon is reported to have emitted melancholy
or chearful tones, as it was touched by the sun's evening or morning
rays.
