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NOTES.

Note c.P. 38, l. 23.

Derwent's clear mirror.

Keswick Lake in Cumberland.

Note d.P. 42, l. 33.

Down by St. Herbert's consecrated grove.

A small island covered with trees, among which were formerly the ruins of a religious house.

Note e.P. 44, l. 13.

When lo! a sudden blast the vessel blew.

In a lake surrounded with mountains, the agitations are often violent and momentary. The winds blow in gusts and eddies; and the water no sooner swells than it subsides.

See Bourn's Hist. of Westmoreland.

Note f.P. 45, l. 11.

To what pure beings, in a nobler sphere.

The several degrees of angels may probably have larger views, and some of them be endowed with capacities able to retain together, and constantly set before them, as in one picture, all their past knowledge at once. Locke on Human Understanding, b. ii. c. x. 9.


R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, LONDON.