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1 His Lordship has always been a; frien‘d'l‘to, literature, andfilit'eraryflmen. The

most profound and pure of living poets—we need scarcely add the“ name of
Wordsworth—411% long Vbeenv'the cherished friend of the noble Earl, end is his
constant guest at Lowthei' Castle. V Wordsworth’s principal poem, “ The Excursion,”

is dedicated to the Earl, in the following fine sonnet :—,

“ 0ft through thy fair domains, illustrious Peer!
In youth I roamed, on youthful pleasures bent ;
And ~mured'in rock cell, or sylvan tent,

Beside swift-flowinngthher’s current cleer.
—Noxy by thy care befriended I‘appear I
Before thee, Lonsdale, and this work present,-
A token (may it prove a monument !) _ -
Of high respect, and gratitude sincere. .
Gladly would I have waited till‘mythsli
Had reached its close ; but Life is inseCure,
And Hope full oft fallacious as a dream:
Therefore, for what is here produced liét‘sk
Thy'favour; trusting that’thou wilt notrideem . r
i I Theofl'ering though imperfect, premature.”_

 

 

 AD. 1833.

moments. “1 mn,"says he, “ in a very
(liatresserl stute.”——“Yes,” was the reply,
" but you have your feet on the roelL” To ‘
which he rejoined, “I do not venture to ,‘

‘ speak SO positively, but I hope I lime."—
(in/‘e [11/ Iris Sous, v. 373.) A curt-er of
virtue, like that of “"illizun \Villmrfurce,
ought tn have won for him a more firm and
tranquil assurance. His life had been '
spent in doing gond. Out of an income of
8000!. a-yeur, he disbursed upwards of
2000/. in nets of charity and henctlceuee.
It shows how highly he was esteemed by
his Yorkshire conutituents, who subscribed
04,445]. to defray his expenses in the great
electinn struggle for the county between.
Miltun :unl Luscellvs, in 1300.