1 That is, the MS. book retained by Robert Bridges and known as ‘B’ (not to be confused with B – below, p. 221). Bridges tells us that this Preface, which does not apply to the Early Poems, ‘must have been written in 1883 or not much later’. (Ed.)

2 G. M. H. used also the term ‘Standard Rhythm’: see notes to Nos. 8–12. (Ed.)

3 In the following footnotes (and Notes to the poems) the Stress = (/) and the Slack = (×) or (× × etc.). (Ed.)