XXXIII "Eke the whole Convent on the pavement lay, Weeping and praising Jesu's Mother dear; And after that they rose, and took their way, And lifted up this Martyr from the bier, And in a tomb of precious marble clear 230 Enclosed his uncorrupted body sweet.--[F] Where'er he be, God grant us him to meet! XXXIV "Young Hew of Lincoln! in like sort laid low By cursèd Jews--thing well and widely known, For it was done a little while ago--[4] 235 Pray also thou for us, while here we tarry Weak sinful folk, that God, with pitying eye, In mercy would his mercy multiply On us, for reverence of his Mother Mary!" * * * * * VARIANTS ON THE TEXT [Variant 1: 1827. ... list ... 1820.] [Variant 2: 1845. ... by the Bier ... 1820.] [Variant 3: 1827. This Abbot who had been a holy man And was, as all Monks are, or ought to be, [a] 1820.] [Variant 4: 1836. For not long since was dealt the cruel blow, 1820.] * * * * * FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT [Footnote A: "Friday, 4th December 1801.... William translating 'The Prioress' Tale'." "Saturday, 5th. William finished 'The Prioress' Tale', and after tea, Mary and he wrote it out" (Dorothy Wordsworth's Journal).--Ed.] [Footnote B: See 'Il Penseroso', l. 110.--Ed.] [Footnote C: Chaucer's phrase is "a litel clergeon," Wordsworth's, "a little scholar;" but "clergeon" is a chorister, not a scholar.--Ed.] [Footnote D: "Chaucer's text is: 'Thus hath this widow her litel child i-taught Our blissful lady, Criste's moder deere, To worschip ay, and he forgat it nought; For sely child wil alway soone leere.' 'For sely child wil alway soone leere,' i.e. for a happy child will always learn soon. Wordsworth renders: 'For simple infant hath a ready ear,' and adds: 'Sweet is the holiness of youth,' extending the stanza to receive this addition from seven to eight lines, with an altered rhyme-system." (Professor Edward Dowden, in the 'Transactions of the Wordsworth Society', No. III.)--Ed.] [Footnote E: Chaucer's text is: 'This litel child his litel book lernynge As he sat in the schole in his primere.' Ed.] [Footnote F: Chaucer's text is: 'And in a tombe of marble stoones clere Enclosed they this litel body swete.' Ed.] * * * * * SUB-FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT [Sub-Footnote a: This was erased in the 'Errata' of 1820, but it may be reproduced here.--Ed.] * * * * * THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE Translated 1801. [A]--Published 1841 [B]