iii. 12), after it had
stood without a roof or covering, or one chamber habitable in it, since
about 1567," etc. etc.

_One fair House by Emont's side._

Brougham Castle.

_Him, and his Lady-mother dear!_

Lady Margaret, daughter and heiress of Lord Vesci, who married John,
Lord Clifford--the Clifford of Shakespeare's _Henry VI._ He was killed
at Ferrybridge near Knottingley in 1461. Their son was Henry, "the
Shepherd-lord." His mother is buried in Londesborough Church, near
Market Weighton.

_Now Who is he that bounds with joy
On Carrock's side, a Shepherd-boy?_

Carrock-fell is three miles south-west from Castle Sowerby, in
Cumberland.

_The Boy must part from Mosedale's groves,
And leave Blencathara's rugged coves._

There are many "Mosedales" in the English Lake District. The one
referred to here is to the north of Blencathara or Saddleback.

_And quit the flowers that summer brings
To Glenderamakin's lofty springs._

The river Glenderamakin rises in the lofty ground to the north of
Blencathara.

_--Give Sir Lancelot Threlkeld praise!_
...
_Thou tree of covert and of rest
For this young Bird that is distrest._

It was on Sir Lancelot Threlkeld's estates in Cumberland that the young
Lord was concealed, disguised as a shepherd-boy. He was the "tree of
covert" for the young "Bird" Henry Clifford. Compare _The Waggoner_, ll.
628-39 (vol. iii. p. 100)--

And see, beyond that hamlet small,
The ruined towers of Threlkeld-hall,
Lurking in a double shade,
By trees and lingering twilight made!
There, at Blencathara's rugged feet,
Sir Lancelot gave a safe retreat
To noble Clifford; from annoy
Concealed the persecuted boy,
Well pleased in rustic garb to feed
His flock, and pipe on shepherd's reed
Among this multitude of hills,
Crags, woodlands, waterfalls, and rills.

The old hall of Threlkeld has long been a ruin. Its only habitable part
has been a farmhouse for many years.

_And both the undying fish that swim
Through Bowscale-tarn did wait on him._

Bowscale Tarn is to the north of Blencathara. Its stream joins the
Caldew river.

_And into caves where Faeries sing
He hath entered._

Compare the previous reference to Blencathara's "rugged coves." There
are many such on this mountain.

_Alas! the impassion