TEN YEARS' SILENCE.
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of Miss Mitford's pastorals; and the ballad of 'Lady Clare' by the novel of 'Inheritance.'"[1]
The story by Miss Mitford thus alluded to is that of "Dora Cresswell" in "Our Village." (See a letter on this subject printed in the "Athenæum," Sept. 1, 1866.) A comparison of this tale with Tennyson's poem will be found very interesting. The poem itself remains unaltered, as it stood in the first edition.
"Audley Court." The line,
"A rolling stone of here and everywhere,"
was added in the edition of 1855.
"Walking to the Mail." This poem originally opened thus:
"John. I'm glad I walk'd. How fresh the country looks!
Is yonder planting where this byway joins
The turnpike?
James. Yes.
John. And when does this come by?
Is yonder planting where this byway joins
The turnpike?
James. Yes.
John. And when does this come by?
- ↑ "The Inheritance." By the author of "Marriage." Edinburgh: William Blackwood. 3 vols. 1824. The heroine of this novel is a Miss St. Clair.
