THE RIVER DUDDON rises upon Wrynose Fell, on the confines of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire; and, serving as a boundary to the two last counties, for the space of about twenty-five miles, enters the Irish Sea, between the Isle of Walney and the Lordship of Millum. TO THE REV. DR. WORDSWORTH. (WITH THE SONNETS TO THE RIVER DUDDON, AND OTHER POEMS IN THIS COLLECTION.) THE Minstrels played their Christmas tune The encircling laurels, thick with leaves, Through hill and valley every breeze So stout and hardy were the band That scraped the chords with strenuous hand. And who but listened? till was paid Respect to every Inmate's claim; The greeting given, the music played, |