have been removed, so that in this respect the whole is sufficiently in keeping. And for those which expressed the political prejudices of a young man who had too little knowledge to suspect his own ignorance, they have either been expunged, or altered, or such substitutions have been made for them as harmonize with the pervading spirit of the poem, and are nevertheless in accord with those opinions which the author has maintained for thirty years through good and evil report, in the maturity of his judgement as well as in the sincerity of his heart. Keswick, August 30. 1837. ΤΟ EDITH SOUTHEY. EDITH! I brought thee late a humble gift, Of common praise, yet well content am I Imping in such adventurous essay The wing, and strengthening it for steadier flight. Burton, near Christ Church, 1797. JOAN OF ARC. THE FIRST BOOK. THERE was high feasting held at Vaucouleur, The Bastard Orleans; and the festive hours, On what might profit France, and found no hope, In the castle-hall. He knew the old man well, 5 10 16 20 |