NOTES
50 Pope's Works, ed. Elwin and Courthope, iv. 407. 'Written at about twelve years old.'—Pope. A statement that the editors distrust somewhat, vi. 82 n.
52 Mickle's Sir Martyn, 'in the manner of Spenser (1767, originally called The Concubine), is in Anderson's British Poets, xi. 640-653. W. modernizes the Chattertonian spelling. This first extract is from Canto ii, stanzas 30 and 31. The second extract is from the same Canto, stanzas 3 and 3.
53 1. 19 rock
54 From Armstrong's Art of Preserving Health (1774), Bk. ii, in Anderson's British Poets, x. 972.
1. 3 th' enthusiastic
1. 12 reclin'd,
55 1. 18 th' impending
1. 20 fairy
56 Akenside's Poems (Aldine ed. , p. 274). ' Inscriptions,' no. ix, two stanzas of eight lines each. W. omits the second, which runs:
'Twas then my future fate he weighed,
And this be thy concern, he said.
At once with Passion's keen alarms.
And Beauty's pleasurable charms.
And sacred Truth's eternal light.
To move the various mind of Man;
Till under one unblemished plan.
His Reason, Fancy, and his Heart unite.
57 Another of Akenside's ' Inscriptions,' no. i (Poems, Aldine ed., p. 268 ; Anderson, vol. ix. p. 803).
1. 9 Lull'd by
58 Akenside's Poems (Aldine ed. , p. 160; Anderson, ix), 'Odes,' Bk. i. Ode v, eleven stanzas, of which W. selects the eighth.
1. 1 Thron'd in
1. 2 diffuseth
59 Akenside's Poems, Inscription no. iii (Aldine ed., p. 269; Anderson, ix. 803).
1. 4 Imbosoms.
1. 7 a silent rivulet.
(Rivulets, AV. knew, were never silent, at least in the north countree.)
60 1. 18 tears, with sharp remorse,
