Southey  (reads), — "  For  here  are  woodi,  hilU  smooth  and  warm  ;

There  sorely  most  some  reason  be."

Porjoft.— ThiB  is  amon^  the  least  awkward  of  his  inversionty  which  are
more  frequent  in  him*  and  more  awkward,  than  in  any  of  his  contemporaries*
Somewhat  less  so  would  be

^'  Surely  some  reason  there  most  be,"  or
**  Some  reason  surely  there  must  be,"  or
**  Some  reason  there  must  sorely  be."

Without  ringing  more  changes,  which  we  might  do,  he  had  the  choice  of
four  inversions,  and  he  has  taken  the  worst.
Southey  (reads). — "  His  head  ha  raised:  there  wsa  in  sight,    -

It  caught  his  eye :  he  saw  it  plain"^

Por*on.— What  tautology — what  trifling  I

Southey  (reads), — "  Upon  the  house-top,  glittering  bright,

A  broad  and  gilded  Tane."

Porson, — Can  we  wonder  that  the  boy  saw  *^plain^  <' a  broad  and  gilded
Tane,"  on  the  house-top  just  before  him?

Southey' (reads). — **  Thus  did  the  boy  his  tongue  unlock*'

Porson. — I  wish  the  father  had  kept  the  Bramah  key  in  his  breeches
pocket.
•  Southey  (reads). — "  And  eased  his  mind  with  this  reply"

Porson. — When  he  had  written  did  unlock,  he  should  likewise  have  written
and  ease,  net  and  eased,

SoutJiey  (reads), '•^^  At  Ktlve  there  was  no  weathercock*

And  that*s  the  reason  why.
