As the contrast is striking, the earlier lines may be transcribed: 'Dear native regions, I foretell, From what I feel at this farewell, That, wheresoe'er my steps may tend, And whensoe'er my course shall end, If in that hour a single tie Survive of local sympathy, My soul will cast the backward view, The longing look alone on you.
Thus, while the Sun sinks down to rest Far in the regions of the west, Though to the vale no parting beam Be given, not one memorial gleam, A lingering light he fondly throws On the dear hills where first he rose.' The Fenwick note to this poem is as follows: "The beautiful image with which this poem concludes suggested itself to me while I was resting in a boat along with my companions under the shade of a magnificent row of sycamores, which then extended their branches from the shore of the promontory upon with stands the ancient, and at that time the more picturesque, Hall of Coniston." There is nothing in either poem definitely to connect "Thurstonmere" with Coniston, although their identity is suggested by the Fenwick note.
I find, however, that Thurston was the ancient name of Coniston; and this carries us back to the time of the worship of Thor.

(See Lewis's 'Topographical Dictionary of England', vol.i.p.

662; also the 'Edinburgh Gazetteer' (1822), articles "Thurston" and "Coniston.") The site of the grove "on the shore of the promontory" at Coniston Lake is easily identified, but the grove itself is gone .-- Ed.] [Footnote n: Compare book iii.ll.30 and 321-26; also book vi, ll.

25 and 95, both text and notes .-- Ed.] [Footnote o: Probably in 1788.

Compare book vii.ll.