Linenotes

Title] Sonnet iii. MS. O: Ode MS. E: A Sonnet MS. O (c): Effusion xvii. 1796. The heading, Genevieve, first appears in 1803.

Thou glid'st along [so, too, in ll. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14] MS. O, MS. E, MS. O (c), C. I.

Thy voice is lovely as the MS. E: Thy voice is soft, &c. MS. O (c), C. I.

It bids thee hear the tearful plaint of woe MS. E.

no . . . save] no friendly hand that saves MS. E. outstretch'd] stretcht out MS. O, MS. O (c), C. I.

the wave] quick-rolling waves MS. E.