[I.] Rydal Mount, 1825.

I could wish the last five stanzas of this to be read with the poem addressed to the Skylark.

[No.

158.] 97.

*_Birds_.
'A feathered task-master cries, "Work away!" And, in thy iteration, "Whip Poor Will!" Is heard the spirit of a toil-worn slave' (II.