they both
together
flew.
William Wordsworth
1807.
]
[Variant 11:
1827.
"Nay but I gave her pence, and she will buy you bread. " 1807. ]
[Variant 12:
1845.
"Sweet Boys, you're telling me a lie; 1807.
. . . Heaven hears that rash reply; 1827.
The text of 1807 was resumed in 1836. ]
[Variant 13:
1827.
. . .
they both together flew. 1807.
. . . the thoughtless vagrants flew. C. ]
* * * * *
FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: The spot is easily identified, as the quarry still
exists. --Ed. ]
[Footnote B: In the MS. of this poem (1807) the words, "a weed of
glorious feature," are placed within inverted commas. The quotation is
from Spenser's 'Muiopotmos' ('The Fate of the Butterflie'), stanza 27;
and is important, as it affects the meaning of the phrase. It is curious
that Wordsworth dropped the commas in his subsequent editions. --Ed. ]
[Footnote C: In Wordsworth's letter to Barron Field, of 24th October
1828 (see the volumes containing his correspondence), a detailed account
is given of the reasons which had led him to alter the text of this
poem. --Ed.
[Variant 11:
1827.
"Nay but I gave her pence, and she will buy you bread. " 1807. ]
[Variant 12:
1845.
"Sweet Boys, you're telling me a lie; 1807.
. . . Heaven hears that rash reply; 1827.
The text of 1807 was resumed in 1836. ]
[Variant 13:
1827.
. . .
they both together flew. 1807.
. . . the thoughtless vagrants flew. C. ]
* * * * *
FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Footnote A: The spot is easily identified, as the quarry still
exists. --Ed. ]
[Footnote B: In the MS. of this poem (1807) the words, "a weed of
glorious feature," are placed within inverted commas. The quotation is
from Spenser's 'Muiopotmos' ('The Fate of the Butterflie'), stanza 27;
and is important, as it affects the meaning of the phrase. It is curious
that Wordsworth dropped the commas in his subsequent editions. --Ed. ]
[Footnote C: In Wordsworth's letter to Barron Field, of 24th October
1828 (see the volumes containing his correspondence), a detailed account
is given of the reasons which had led him to alter the text of this
poem. --Ed.
