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 15 1. 34 th' immortal

16 Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 143: A poem of seventy-six lines, out of which W. takes 11. 37-62. 'Tis fit Serena should be sung'—Serena being Lady Catharine Tufton, daughter of ' Arminda,' the Countess of 'Thanet. 1. 6 T' express 1. 7 mind [om. ,] 1. 9 alt' ring

17 1. 19 T explain, 1. 23 how All, that's

18 Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 259: 'Life's Progress,' a poem of nine stanzas. W. selects stanzas 1, 4, 6,6. 1. 1 is at first begun 1. 9 do 's that

19 1. 12 April-drops 1. 18 gently rising

20 Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 289. 1. 14 Chaplets

21 W. omits the last four lines:

22 Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 156. A poem of 107 lines. W. selects 11. 48-61 ; 65-83 ; 90-107. The lines excised contain conceits, family history, and common-places. 1. 2 Tears,. . . Nature's 1. 5 that patient 1. 10 tow'rd this

23 1. 18 hadst 1. 20 hadst 1. 23 so Fresh, so Fair: 1. 27 Beams, 1. 28 Confines, lay 1. 31 the Mother's

24 1. 32 seen, 1. 40 pleases, whilst 1. 47 clouds,

25 Miscellany Poems, 1713, Poems, 1714, p. 262: "Hope." Lady Winchelsea's first line is: 'The Tree of Knowledge we in Eden prov'd'; that is, in Eden we made trial of the tree of Knowledge. If W.'s alteration be intentional, it must be pronounced a remarkable attempt at a conceit in the style of the metaphysical school: the tree of knowledge proved to be the tree of life, by 'one greater man' restoring us. 1. 7 t' expel 1. 8 wave H