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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 8 (of 8)

Note 212 — 1840

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Compare the lines in vol. iii. p. 5—

They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude.

The fact that these two lines had been added by Mrs. Wordsworth (see note to the poem, p. 7) was doubtless remembered by the poet, when he wrote this sonnet suggested by her portrait.—Ed.

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