]
[Footnote B: Compare Cowley:
'And Robin Redbreasts whom men praise,
For pious birds.
[Footnote B: Compare Cowley:
'And Robin Redbreasts whom men praise,
For pious birds.
William Wordsworth
. . . in the air together!
His beautiful bosom is drest,
In crimson as bright as thine own: 1832.
The edition of 1836 resumes the text of 1815. ]
[Variant 5:
1836.
If thou would'st be . . . 1807. ]
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FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: The title, in the editions 1807 to 1820, was 'The Redbreast
and the Butterfly'. In the editions 1827 to 1843 it was 'The Redbreast
and Butterfly'. The final title was given in 1845. --Ed.
]
[Footnote B: Compare Cowley:
'And Robin Redbreasts whom men praise,
For pious birds. '
Ed. ]
[Footnote C: See 'Paradise Lost', book XI. , where Adam points out to Eve
the ominous sign of the Eagle chasing "two Birds of gayest plume," and
the gentle Hart and Hind pursued by their enemy. --W. W. 1815.
The passage in book XI. of 'Paradise Lost' includes lines 185-90. --Ed. ]
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TO A BUTTERFLY (#2)
Composed April 20, 1802. --Published 1807
[Written at the same time and place. The Orchard, Grasmere Town-end,
1801. --I. F. ]
Included among the "Poems founded on the Affections.
