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 "Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere."

In stanza 1,

is the reading of the earlier editions.

"A Farewell." Unaltered.

"The Beggar Maid." Probably suggested by the line in Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet" (act ii. sc. 1).

There is an old ballad on the subject in the first volume of Percy's "Reliques."

"The Vision of Sin." One verbal alteration in the second line of the fifth section.

There are two additional lines towards the end in the volume of Selections:

"The Skipping Rope." Omitted in all editions subsequent to the sixth (1850).

Line 9:

in the earlier editions.