Note A — STRAY PLEASURES
Reading edition
Compare Michael Drayton, The Muse's Elysium, nymphal vi. ll. 4-7—
The wind had no more strength than this, That leisurely it blew, To make one leaf the next to kiss That closely by it grew.
Wordsworth frequently confessed his obligation to Dr. Anderson—the editor of the British Poets—for enabling him to acquaint himself with the poetry of Drayton, and other early English writers.—Ed.