268-270. Wordsworth added the following note on these lines: "The story
alluded to here is well known in the country. The chapel is called
Ing's Chapel; and is on the right hand side of the road leading from
Kendal to Ambleside."
283. AND TO THE FIELDS WENT FORTH Observe the inconsistency. The
conversation took place in the evening. See l. 327.
284f. WITH A LIGHT HEART. Michael's growing misgivings are subtly
represented in the following lines, and the renewal of his hopes.
367-368. These lines forcibly show how tenaciously Michael's feelings
were rooted in the soil of his home. Hence the extreme pathos of the
situation.