These verses and those entitled "Liberty" were composed as one 
      piece, which Mrs. Wordsworth complained of as unwieldy and ill-
      proportioned; and accordingly it was divided into two on her 
      judicious recommendation.
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        The Rocking-stones, alluded to in the beginning of the following 
      verses, are supposed to have been used, by our British ancestors, 
      both for judicial and religious purposes. Such stones are not 
      uncommonly found, at this day, both in Great Britain and in 
      Ireland.