*_Ode composed on May Morning_.

[XXXVI.] *_To May_.

[XXXVII.] These two Poems originated in these lines 'How delicate, &c.' My daughter and I left Rydal Mount upon a Tour through our mountains with Mr.and Mrs.Carr, in the month of May 1826; and as we were going up the Vale of Newlands I was struck with the appearance of the little chapel gleaming through the veil of half-opened leaves, and the feeling which was then conveyed to my mind was expressed in the stanza that follows.
As in the case of 'Liberty' and 'Humanity,' mentioned before, my first intention was to write only one Poem; but subsequently I broke it into two, making additions to each part, so as to produce a consistent and appropriate whole.
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*_Lines suggested by a Portrait from the Pencil of F.Stone_.
[XXXVIII.] *_The foregoing Subject resumed_.

[XXXIX.] This Portrait has hung for many years in our principal sitting-room, and represents J.Q.as she was when a girl.