"We leave the well-beloved place
Where first we gazed upon the sky."
The mother, and the members of her family, quit what had been the Rectory,
and seek a new home.
But, "ere we go," the Poet walks in the garden, and seems to be in the
company of two spirits, who
"Contend for loving masterdom."
They do not represent persons, but the place with different associations.
_The first is the love of the native place; the second, the same love
enhanced by the memory of the friend._