t the sight
Conviction also flashed upon my mind
That this same path (within the shady grove
Begun and ended) by my Brother's steps
Had been impressed.--...

These additional lines appeared only in 1815 and 1820.]

[Variant 5:

1845.

... To sojourn a short while
Beneath my roof He from the barren seas
Had newly come--a cherished Visitant! 1815.

... To abide,
For an allotted interval of ease,
Beneath my cottage roof, had newly come
From the wild sea a cherished Visitant; 1827.

Beneath my cottage roof, had gladly come 1840.

... had meanwhile come C. [a]]

[Variant 6: This and the previous line were added in 1827.]

[Variant 7:

1827.

And much did it delight me to perceive 1815.]

[Variant 8:

1827.

A heart more wakeful; that, more both to part
From place so lovely, he had worn the track 1815.]

[Variant 9:

1845.

With which the Sailor measures ... 1815.]

[Variant 10:

1845.

While she is travelling ... 1815.]

[Variant 11:

1836.

... minds were fashioned;... 1815.]

[Variant 12:

1827.

... art gone;
And now I call the path-way by thy name,
And love the fir-grove 1815.]

[Variant 13:

1827.

... placid ... 1815.]

[Variant 14:

1827.

Art pacing to and fro ... 1815.]

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FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT

[Footnote A: Compare Daniel's 'Hymens Triumph', ii. 4:

'And where no sun could see him, where no eye
Might overlook his lonely privacy;
There in a path of his own making, trod
Rare as a common way, yet led no way
Beyond the turns he made.'

Ed.]

[Footnote B: Compare the line in Coleridge's 'Hymn before Sun-rise, in
the Vale of Chamouni':

'Ye pine groves with your soft and soul-like sound,'

Ed.]

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SUB-FOOTNOTE ON THE TEXT

[Sub-Footnote a: In the late Lord Coleridge's copy of the edition of
1836, there is a footnote in Wordsworth's handwriting to the word
"meanwhile" which is substituted for "newly." "If 'newly' come, could he
have traced a visible path?"--Ed.]

This wish was not granted; the lamented Person, not long after, perished
by shipwreck, in discharge of his duty as Commander of the Honourable
East India Company's Vessel, the 'Earl of Abergavenny'.--W. W. 1815.

For the date of this poem i