Tale XXII.
Variant of title:
instead of l. 14:
He was not made their Victim or their Dupe.
instead of ll. 51–2:
May now present a face of Griefs and pains,
Where not a Grace or sprightly Look remains. (D.)
instead of ll. 80–1:
But, though her Precepts I had not obeyed,
Religious thoughts had made my Soul afraid. (D.)
l. 147:
“Something to sweeten Labour; What care I?” (D.)
after l. 196:
Of his successful Voyage we know full well;
But I of no discovered Worlds can tell. (D.)
l. 200: for worst read Ease. (D.)
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES PREVIOUSLY PRINTED.
Variants in transcripts from Belvoir MSS. These are distinguished
as ‘B.’
Variants in Crabbe MSS. in the possession of the Cambridge
University Press. These are distinguished as ‘U.P.’
Variants in Crabbe MSS. in the possession of Mrs. Mackay.
These are distinguished as ‘M.’
STORM AND CALM.
l. 42. The noon and night.
l. 54. powers. (B.)
BELVOIR CASTLE.
Title. for Written at the request of the Duchess Dowager of Rutland ...
read Written at the request of Mary Isabella, Duchess Dowager of Rutland ...
l. 18. for recess read keep.
l. 51. for Then read There.
l. 69. for massy read mossy.
after l. 74:
“I fear, when this my noble Work decays,
None then shall live a rival Pile to raise.
after l. 78:
In the still Night and in his Hours of Rest }
Thoughts of the kind in Dreams his Soul possess’d; }
He view’d the Place he lov’d, and what he felt express’d: }
“Hail, favorite Seat, The Valley’s Crown and Pride!
Would in thy Glory thou might’st still abide,
Nor feel the Lapse of Ages; but thy Doom,
Strong as Thou art, and Beautiful, must come.
When thou art then but as a Ruin known,
And a new Structure to that Age is shown,
Like the First Temple’s shall thy Fortune be;
The Old shall sigh an humble Dome to see;
That Lord himself will say—‘In ancient Time,
Not in our days, were built the Towers Sublime;
We cannot equal Works so grand, so vast;
The Wealth is wanted, and the Power is past,
Gone is the Glory of the far-fam’d Hill;
The Sons arrive not at their Fathers’ Skill,
O’er what vast space the Noble Ruins press,
And Time has done what Time cannot redress.’”
l. 79. for sigh’d read spake.
l. 111. for kingdoms read islands.
l. 112. for And one great sovereign read And but one sovereign.
after l. 116:
“And all thy Building can of Fate obtain
Is, that with his some Portion may remain.”
after l. 120:
“I see them yet; Those Terraces I trace,
That noble Tower, that light but sacred Place.
Yes Time shall be that, what the Vision told,
In very Truth shall that blest Age behold;
And then this Mansion I so proudly made,
These strong Foundations for my Glory laid,
Shall to another yield its honour’d Name,
And a new Belvoir shine in cloudless Fame.”
l. 123. for pile shall mine read Work shalt thou.
l. 124. for his read them.
l. 125. for its read thy. (B.)
LINES WRITTEN AT WARWICK.
Variant of title:
GUY OF WARWICK. A POEM IN PRAISE OF GUY.
l. 12. for some read her.
l. 39. her food was men. (U.P.)
ON A DRAWING OF THE ELM TREE, ETC.
Variant of title:
A DRAWING OF THE WATERLOO TREE.
after l. 6:
Of him who bad the World’s disturber cease
From his dire course, and gave the Nations peace.
l. 14. for thy read this.
l. 19. Shall see thy glory.
l. 20. for a read their.
after l. 27:
In times far off shall the ambitious Muse
That Field of Glory for her subject choose;
When every spot where noble deeds were done—
And not a spot was there unmarked by one—
Each little space, unknown thro’ many a year,
Shall then in some immortal verse appear.
Here fell some Hero; there the foe began
To feel his Fate and learn that he was Man,
And doomed to yield—not now, as when he fled }
Through Northern Climes, and o’er the frozen Bed }
Of Icy Death, and o’er the unwounded Dead— }
But Man to Man, and Troop to Troop, the last
Hard Strife for Conquest—and then all was past.
Here stood this Tree, and, tho’ no more it stands,
Its very Picture our Respect commands,
Thanks to the Skill that gives to many an Eye
The view that every Heart must gratify.
Trees may, perhaps, of loftier kind be found,
But none more glorious in the World around.
after l. 30:
Yet no Memorial shall that Field require
That shall the Soldier, that the Britton, fire;
And many a Pilgrim to that Field shall go, }
To see where stood the Chief when fled the Foe, }
And talk at his return of Deeds at Waterloo. (U.P.)}
ON RECEIVING ... A PRESENT OF A RING.
After l. 26:
The fond Esteem by Time endear’d,
The Worth respected, lov’d, revered,
Of either Heart the Knowledge gain’d
That nothing there is false or feign’d,
And all the dear domestic Cares
And Joys that Friendship soothes or shares. (U.P.)
TO A LADY ... AT SIDMOUTH.
Instead of ll. 3–4:
Must go, and leave my aching Heart,
What must that Heart adore, behind me.
l. 21. for makes read wakes.
l. 28. for those read more. (B.)
TO SARAH, COUNTESS OF JERSEY....
Title. The date, 4 March 1814, is added.
l. 6. for a read the.
l. 12. for to read do.
l. 13. for should read to. (B.)
l. 5. for As read Like.
l. 7. for when read while.
l. 8: He checks the Spirit that he tries to raise.
l. 22: Those Charms that seize the Eye or win the Heart.
l. 23. for propitious read returning. (M.)
THE FRIEND IN LOVE.
l. 4: By borrowing Friendship’s softer Name.
instead of ll. 6–7:
And yet must all the Signs suppress,
Nor look for those soft Smiles that cure.
l. 9: When she kind Looks to others lend.
l. 11. for then read yet.
l. 12. for torments read tears.
l. 15: And ever angry Thought correct.
l. 17. for such read these.
l. 19. for These read The. for hope
read hopes.
l. 20. for These read The. (B.)
[ON THE DEATH OF SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY.]
l. 16. for Thou wouldst read He would.
l. 18. for thy read his.
l. 20. for wrest read arrest. (U.P.)
LINES ADDRESSED TO THE DOWAGER DUCHESS OF RUTLAND.
l. 12. for Three read These.
l. 18. for temper read tender. for cried
read said.
l. 19. for test read proof.
l. 35. for say read cry.
l. 40. for in read on. (B.)
