Linenotes

Title] Verses addressed to a Lady with a poem relative to a recent event in the French Revolution MS. E.

friendly] guardian MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E.

cloisters] cloister MS. E.

careless] rosy MS. E.

My pensive soul amid the twilight gloom MS. Letter, 1794.

Boo] Bo MS. E.

glisten'd] glitter'd MS. Letter, 1794.

anxious] anguish'd MS. Letter, 1794.

Calm] Bright MS. E.

by] with 1829.

waked] woke MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E.

with wilder hand th' empassion'd lyre MS. Letter, 1794: with wilder hand th' Alcaean lyre MS. 4o, MS. E, Watchman, 1796, 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829.

wound] wounds MS. Letter, 1794.

In ghastly horror lie th' Oppressors low MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E, MS. 4o, 1796, Watchman.

With sad and wearied thought I seek the shade MS. E: With wearied thought I seek the amaranth shade MS. Letter, 1794.

the] her MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E.

The eloquent messengers of the pure soul MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E, MS. 4o, Watchman, 1796.

winning] cunning MS. Letter, 1794.

empassion'd] wond'ring MS. Letter, 1794.

wreath] flowers MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E.

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Nor, Brunton! thou the blushing-wreath refuse,
Though harsh her notes, yet guileless is my Muse.
Unwont at Flattery's Voice to plume her wings,
A Child of Nature, as she feels she sings.

MS. Letter, 1794.

Nor——! thou the blushing wreath refuse
Tho' harsh her song, yet guileless is the Muse.
Unwont &c.

MS. E.

[42-4]

No Serpent lurks beneath their simple hues.
No purple blooms from Flattery's nightshade brings,
The Child of Nature—as he feels he sings.

MS. 4o erased.

[43-4]

Nature's pure Child from Flatt'ry's night-shade brings
No blooms rich-purpling: as he feels he sings.

MS. 4o.

Below l. 44 September, 1794 1797, 1803: September 1792 1828, 1829, 1834.