"
See 'Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East Florida,
the Cherokee Country', etc.
See 'Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East Florida,
the Cherokee Country', etc.
William Wordsworth
]
[Variant 32:
1805.
The neighbours grieve for her, and say
That she will . . . 1802. ]
[Variant 33: This stanza first appeared in the edition of 1802. ]
* * * * *
FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: Taken from the portrait of the chief in Bartram's
frontispiece. --Ed. ]
[Footnote B:
"The tall aspiring Gordonia lacianthus . . . gradually changing colour,
from green to golden yellow, from that to a scarlet, from scarlet to
crimson, and lastly to a brownish purple, . . . so that it may be said
to change and renew its garments every morning throughout the year.
"
See 'Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East Florida,
the Cherokee Country', etc. , by William Bartram (1791), pp. 159,
160. --Ed. ]
[Footnote C:
"Its thick foliage of a dark green colour is flowered over with large
milk-white, fragrant blossoms, . . . renewed every morning, and that in
such incredible profusion that the tree appears silvered over with
them, and the ground beneath covered with the fallen flowers. It, at
the same time, continually pushes forth new twigs, with young buds on
them. "
(Bartram's 'Travels', etc. , p. 159. )--Ed. ]
[Footnote D: Magnolia grandiflora. --W. W.
[Variant 32:
1805.
The neighbours grieve for her, and say
That she will . . . 1802. ]
[Variant 33: This stanza first appeared in the edition of 1802. ]
* * * * *
FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: Taken from the portrait of the chief in Bartram's
frontispiece. --Ed. ]
[Footnote B:
"The tall aspiring Gordonia lacianthus . . . gradually changing colour,
from green to golden yellow, from that to a scarlet, from scarlet to
crimson, and lastly to a brownish purple, . . . so that it may be said
to change and renew its garments every morning throughout the year.
"
See 'Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East Florida,
the Cherokee Country', etc. , by William Bartram (1791), pp. 159,
160. --Ed. ]
[Footnote C:
"Its thick foliage of a dark green colour is flowered over with large
milk-white, fragrant blossoms, . . . renewed every morning, and that in
such incredible profusion that the tree appears silvered over with
them, and the ground beneath covered with the fallen flowers. It, at
the same time, continually pushes forth new twigs, with young buds on
them. "
(Bartram's 'Travels', etc. , p. 159. )--Ed. ]
[Footnote D: Magnolia grandiflora. --W. W.
