[Footnote A: Southey died on the 21st of March, 1843.--ED.]
[Footnote B: See the Appendix to this volume, Note A, p. 391.--ED.]
[Footnote C: "Sarah went to Kendal on our mother's death, but Mr. P. died
in the course of a year or two.--M. W." Pencilled on the opposite page of
the MS.--ED.]
[Footnote D: See _The Excursion_, book ix. l. 614.--ED.]
[Footnote E: Alas! no longer as they were in Wordsworth's time. See the
note to _Yew-Trees_, vol. ii. p. 371.--ED.]
[Footnote F: "Mr. Pearson." Pencilled on the opposite page of the
MS.--ED.]
[Footnote G: Pencilled on the opposite page of the MS.--"This boathouse,
badly built, gave way, and was rebuilt. It again tumbled, and was a third
time reconstructed, but in a better fashion than before. It is not now,
_per se_, an ugly building, however obtrusive it may be."--ED.]
[Footnote H: Compare the sonnet _Malham Cove_ in volume vi., to which
these lines belong.--ED.]
[Footnote I: The following note from Wordsworth to Mr. Dyce, shews his
estimation of the text of the first octavo edition, as compared with that
of the earlier quarto edition.
"MY DEAR SIR,--When you read _The Excursion_ do not read the quarto. It
is improved in the 8vo E.:--but I thought the quarto might have its value
with you as a collector.--Believe me, faithfully yours,
"W. WORDSWORTH."
7th April, my birthday--61,
12 Bryanston Street.