[831] Compare _The Virgin_, in the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," Part II. xxv.--ED. [832] 1845. As through the land we seeing what they saw, Or the bare wreck of faith's solemnities, May lift {the} hearts {to} blissful destinies; {our} {for} {Witness the remnant of thy Church, St. Bees. {Witness your works, good coenobites of St. Bees. C. (or) As on this day we seeing what they saw, Uplift our hearts for heavenly destinies In field or town, 'mid mountain fastnesses, Or on wave-beaten shores like thine, St. Bees. C. [833] See "The English Town" in Green's _Short History of the English_ _People_, ch. iv. sec. 4.--ED. [834] This stanza and the preceding one were added in 1845.--ED. [835] This College was founded for the education of clerks in holy orders who did not mean to proceed to Oxford or Cambridge.--ED. [836] 1835. ... our age, her rules From schools that scorning faith in things unseen, Most confident when most they overween, Would merge, idolaters of formal skill In their own system God's eternal will. C. ... aims and rules Would merge, Idolaters of formal skill In her own system God's eternal will. C. [837] 1837. ... will: Expert to move in paths that Newton trod, From Newton's Universe would banish God. Better, ... 1835. [838] See _The Excursion_, seventh part; and "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," second part, near the beginning.--W. W. 1850. The passages referred to are the following: _The Excursion_, book vii. l. 1008, etc. (vol. v. p. 324), beginning-- The courteous Knight, and alluding to Sir Alfred Irthing; and in the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," Part II. III., IV., V., _Cistercian Monastery_, and _Monks and Schoolmen_.--ED. [839] 1837. but with true feeling for nature. 1835. [840] From "at a time" to "Burns" was added in 1837. [841] 1845. The Author is aware that he is here ... reader he feels that 1835. [842] 1837. praiseworthy; but no reflecting person can view 1835. XII IN THE CHANNEL, BETWEEN THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN Ranging the heights of Scawfell or Black-Comb,[843] In his lone course the Shepherd oft will pause, And strive to fathom the mysterious laws By which the clouds, arrayed in light or gloom, On Mona settle, and the shapes assume 5 Of all her peaks and ridges.[844] What he draws From sense, faith, reason, fancy, of the cause, He will take with him to the silent tomb. Or, by his fire, a child upon his knee, Haply the untaught Philosopher may speak 10 Of the strange sight, nor hide his theory That satisfies the simple and the meek, Blest in their pious ignorance, though weak To cope with Sages undevoutly free. FOOTNOTES: [843] 1837. ... Black-coom, 1835.