The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 (of 8) · Chapter 5Remembrance of Collins
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Composed upon the Thames near Richmond.
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Footnote A:
The title in the editions 1802-1815 was
Remembrance of Collins, written upon the Thames near Richmond
.—Ed.
Footnote B:
Compare the
After-thought
to
The River Duddon. A Series of Sonnets
:
Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide.
Ed.
Footnote C:
Collins's
Ode on the Death of Thomson
, the last written, I believe, of the poems which were published during his life-time. This Ode is also alluded to in the next stanza.—W. W. 1798.
Footnote D:
Compare Collins's
Ode on the Death of Thomson
,
The Scene on the Thames near Richmond
:
Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest. And oft suspend the dashing oar To bid his gentle spirit rest.
As Mr. Dowden suggests, the
him
was probably italicised by Wordsworth, "because the oar is suspended not for Thomson but for Collins." The italics were first used in the edition of 1802.—Ed.
Sub-Footnote i:
The italics only occur in the editions of 1798 and 1800.—Ed.