No More Learning

]


[Variant 11:

1845.

. . . while the distant hills 1809. ]


[Variant 12:

1827.

To cut across the image . . . 1809.

To cross the bright reflection . . . 1820. ]


[Variant 13:

1820.
That gleam'd upon the ice; and oftentimes 1809.

(This line occupied the place of lines 51-52 of the final text. )

That fled, and, flying still before me, gleamed
Upon the glassy plain; and oftentimes, 'The Prelude', 1850. ]


[Variant 14:

1809.

. . . as a dreamless sleep. 'The Prelude', 1850. ]



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FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT

[Footnote A: The title of the fragment, as it appeared in 'The Friend',
No. 19, (Dec. 28, 1809,) was 'Growth of Genius from the Influences of
Natural Objects on the Imagination, in Boyhood and Early Youth'. It
first appeared in Wordsworth's Poems in the edition of 1815. It was
afterwards included in the first book of 'The Prelude', l. 401.

The lake referred to with its "silent bays" and "shadowy banks" is that
of Esthwaite; the village clock is that of Hawkshead (see the footnotes
to 'The Prelude').