Linenotes

Title] Allegorical Lines on the Same Subject MS. Cottle.

When the scythes-man o'er his sheaf
Caroll'd in the yellow vale

MS. Cottle.

When the rustic o'er his sheaf
Caroll'd in, &c.

1797.

[Note. The text of Stanza ii dates from 1803.]

foolish] poor fond MS. Cottle.

Soon upon this sheltered walk, MS. Cottle, Second Version.

to fade, and rot. MS. Cottle.