[Footnote FQ: "Seathwaite Chapel has been rebuilt. It may be worth mentioning that there is a woodcut of the original structure at p. 23 of Thorne's _Rambles by Rivers_ (12mo, London, 1844), and a good engraving in the Rev. Canon Parkinson's _Old Church Clock_ (5th edition, 1880, p. 99). The Parsonage, too, has been enlarged. It was formerly a mere cottage, with a peat-house at one end and an out-house of some kind at the other. These have been removed, and additions made to the dwelling at both ends. The brass in the church to the memory of 'Wonderful Walker' was taken from the tombstone. The stone has been turned over, and a new inscription cut." (Herbert Rix.)] [Footnote FR: See Daniel's _Musophilus_, l. 47.--ED.] [Footnote FS: The allusion is to the description of the "poure persoun of a toun" in the _Prologue_ to the _Canterbury Tales_, ll. 477-528.--ED.] [Footnote FT: See George Herbert's _Priest to the Temple_.--ED.] [Footnote FU: The reference is to the lines in _The Deserted Village_-- A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich on forty pounds a year. ED. ] XIX TRIBUTARY STREAM[FV] My frame hath often trembled with delight When hope presented some far-distant good, That seemed from heaven descending, like the flood Of yon pure waters, from their aëry height Hurrying, with lordly Duddon to unite; 5 Who, 'mid a world of images imprest On the calm depth of his transparent breast, Appears to cherish most that Torrent white, The fairest, softest, liveliest of them all! And seldom hath ear listened to a tune 10 More lulling than the busy hum of Noon, Sworn by that voice--whose murmur musical Announces to the thirsty fields a boon Dewy and fresh, till showers again shall fall. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote FV: "The 'tributary stream,' which forms the subject of this sonnet, is the Tarn Beck, which rises in Seathwaite Tarn, and joins the Duddon just opposite Newfield. Seathwaite Chapel itself is not on the Duddon, but on the Tarn Beck. The sonnet gives a perfect description of its leading characteristics. Mr. Chattock has given an etching of the Tarn." (Herbert Rix.) "If one stands upon the Pen and looks up the Duddon Vale, the Field or two of brighter green, or plot Of tillage-ground, that seemeth like a spot Of stationary sunshine: will be seen, exactly described, upon the shoulder of the Fell that drops down from Heath Fell to the north-west. Is it possible that Wordsworth, as he gazed, was moved by the flood Of yon pure waters, from their aëry height ... that Torrent white, just beneath the little upland farm with its emerald plot of tillage, shining like jewels in the July sun, Hurrying, with lordly Duddon to unite, --is it possible, I suggest, that Wordsworth was moved by this scene to write Sonnet XIX.?" (H. D. Rawnsley.)] XX