Note 326 — PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1814 (continued 2)
Reading edition
1827.
The two extremes are equally remote From Truth and Reason;—do not, then, confound One with the other, but reject them both; And choose the middle point, whereon to build 1814. Sound expectations. This doth he advise ... despair Tho' transcient sadness were as natural As that a cloud albeit silver bright Should fling yon dark spot on the mountain side. MS. Forced by sharp recoil from one extreme