[Footnote GW: Mr. Walker's charity being of that kind which "seeketh not her own," he would rather forego his rights than distrain for dues which the parties liable refused to pay as a point of conscience.--W. W. 1827.] [Footnote GX: See _King Henry VIII._, act III. scene 2, ll. 384, 385.--ED.] [Footnote GY: The paragraphs from "With pleasure" (p. 282) to "to the grave" (p. 283) were first printed in the edition of 1832.--ED.] MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT 1820 Composed 1821-2.--Published 1822 [I set out in company with my wife and sister, and Mr. and Mrs. Monkhouse, then just married, and Miss Horrocks. These two ladies, sisters, we left at Berne, while Mr. Monkhouse took the opportunity of making an excursion with us among the Alps as far as Milan. Mr. H. C. Robinson joined us at Lucerne, and when this ramble was completed we rejoined at Geneva the two ladies we had left at Berne and proceeded to Paris, where Mr. Monkhouse and H. C. R. left us, and where we spent five weeks, of which there is not a record in these poems.--I. F.] See Dorothy Wordsworth's itinerary (Note A) of this tour, and Henry Crabb Robinson's account of it in his _Diary and Correspondence_, vol. ii. pp. 166-192 (Note B to this volume).--ED. DEDICATION (SENT WITH THESE POEMS, IN MS., TO ----)[467] Dear Fellow-travellers![GZ] think not that the Muse, To You presenting these memorial Lays, Can hope the general eye thereon would gaze,[468] As on a mirror that gives back the hues Of living Nature; no--though free to choose 5 The greenest bowers, the most inviting ways, The fairest landscapes and the brightest days-- Her skill she tried with less ambitious views.[469] For You she wrought: Ye only can supply The life, the truth, the beauty: she confides 10 In that enjoyment which with You abides, Trusts to your love and vivid memory; Thus far contented, that for You her verse Shall lack not power the "meeting soul to pierce!"[HA] W. WORDSWORTH. RYDAL MOUNT, _Nov._ 1821[470] VARIANTS: [Footnote 467: Not in the editions of 1822-1832.] [Footnote 468: 1837. Presents to notice these memorial Lays, Hoping the general eye thereon will gaze, 1822. ] FOOTNOTES: [Footnote GZ: The Fellow-travellers were Mrs. Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Monkhouse, Miss Horrocks, and Henry Crabb Robinson.--ED.] I FISH-WOMEN--ON LANDING AT CALAIS