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to 'The Hurricane; a Theosophical and Western
Eclogue' etc.
Eclogue' etc.
William Wordsworth
]
[Variant 60:
1802.
That night, address'd a letter to the Priest 1800. ]
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FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: This Poem was intended to be the concluding poem of a
series of pastorals, the scene of which was laid among the mountains of
Cumberland and Westmoreland. I mention this to apologise for the
abruptness with which the poem begins. --W. W. 1800. ]
[Footnote B: In Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal the following
entry occurs:
"Friday, 6th August (1800). --In the morning I copied 'The Brothers'. "
Ed. ]
[Footnote C: This description of the Calenture is sketched from an
imperfect recollection of an admirable one in prose, by Mr. Gilbert,
Author of 'The Hurricane'. --W. W. 1800.
Compare another reference to 'The Hurricane; a Theosophical and Western
Eclogue' etc. , by William Gilbert, in one of the notes to 'The
Excursion', book iii. l. 931. --Ed. ]
[Footnote D: The impressive circumstance here described, actually took
place some years ago in this country, upon an eminence called Kidstow
Pike, one of the highest of the mountains that surround Hawes-water. The
summit of the pike was stricken by lightning; and every trace of one of
the fountains disappeared, while the other continued to flow as
before. --W. W. 1800. ]
[Footnote E: There is not any thing more worthy of remark in the manners
of the inhabitants of these mountains, than the tranquillity, I might
say indifference, with which they think and talk upon the subject of
death. Some of the country church-yards, as here described, do not
contain a single tomb-stone, and most of them have a very small
number. --W. W. 1800. ]
[Footnote F: The name in the original MS.
[Variant 60:
1802.
That night, address'd a letter to the Priest 1800. ]
* * * * *
FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: This Poem was intended to be the concluding poem of a
series of pastorals, the scene of which was laid among the mountains of
Cumberland and Westmoreland. I mention this to apologise for the
abruptness with which the poem begins. --W. W. 1800. ]
[Footnote B: In Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal the following
entry occurs:
"Friday, 6th August (1800). --In the morning I copied 'The Brothers'. "
Ed. ]
[Footnote C: This description of the Calenture is sketched from an
imperfect recollection of an admirable one in prose, by Mr. Gilbert,
Author of 'The Hurricane'. --W. W. 1800.
Compare another reference to 'The Hurricane; a Theosophical and Western
Eclogue' etc. , by William Gilbert, in one of the notes to 'The
Excursion', book iii. l. 931. --Ed. ]
[Footnote D: The impressive circumstance here described, actually took
place some years ago in this country, upon an eminence called Kidstow
Pike, one of the highest of the mountains that surround Hawes-water. The
summit of the pike was stricken by lightning; and every trace of one of
the fountains disappeared, while the other continued to flow as
before. --W. W. 1800. ]
[Footnote E: There is not any thing more worthy of remark in the manners
of the inhabitants of these mountains, than the tranquillity, I might
say indifference, with which they think and talk upon the subject of
death. Some of the country church-yards, as here described, do not
contain a single tomb-stone, and most of them have a very small
number. --W. W. 1800. ]
[Footnote F: The name in the original MS.
