VARIANTS:

[510] 1827.

1814.
Second Marriage of a Widower prudential and happy.

[511] 1832.

1814.
... as long as sea ...

[512] 1827.

... of English Hearts,
That can perceive, not less than heretofore
1814.
Our Ancestors did feelingly perceive,

[513] 1836.

1814.
... their minds

[514] 1827.

1814.
... ambition's ...

[515] 1827.

1814.
And ...

[516] 1845.

1814.
Of reverence to the spirit of the place;

[517] 1827.

A Visitor—intent upon the task
1814.
Of prying, low and high, for herbs and flowers:

[518] 1836.

... that he was crazed in brain
1814.
By unrequited love; and scaled the rocks,

[519] 1836.

1814.
"Believe it not—oh! never could that be!"

[520] 1827.

... and pined
1814.
When he had told his love, and sued in vain,

[521] 1827.

... Beauty wears,
1814.
That he could brook, ...

[522] 1827.

... but the Maid was gone!
She, whose dear name with unregarded sighs
He long had blessed, whose Image was preserved—
Shrined in his breast with fond idolatry,
1814.
Had vanished ...

[523] 1845.

1814.
... as misery is mine!'

[524]

MS.
... seek for truth

[525] 1827.

... circumspect and slow.
Of rustic Parents bred, He had been trained,
(So prompted their aspiring wish) to skill
In numbers and the sedentary art
Of penmanship,—with pride professed, and taught
By his endeavours in the mountain dales.
Now, those sad tidings weighing on his heart,
To books, and papers, and the studious desk,
He stoutly re-addressed himself—resolved
To quell his pain, and enter on the path
Of old pursuits with keener appetite
And closer industry. Of what ensued
1814.
Within his soul, ...
MS.
Within his heart ...

[526] 1836.

1814.
Within their souls, a fount of grace divine;

[527] 1827.

1814.
... which ...

[528] 1832.

1814.
Will cover him; in height of strength—to earth

[529] 1827.

1814.
Some farewell words; and, with those words, a prayer

[530] 1827.

A Book, upon the surface of whose leaves
1814.
Some chosen plants, disposed with nicest care,

[531] 1827.

One whose Endeavours did at length achieve
A victory less worthy of regard,
1814.
Though marvellous in its kind. A Place exists

[532] 1836.

In search of treasure there by Nature formed,
1814.
And there concealed: but they who tried were foiled,
... to unite their pains
1827.
In search of precious ore: who tried were foiled,

[533] 1827.

... save he alone;
1814.
Who ...

[534] 1827.

... to the view
Of the Old Man, and to his trembling grasp,
1814.
His bright, his long-deferred, his dear reward.
MS.
... his long deferred reward.

[535] 1836.

1814.
Of schemes and wishes; in the day-light walked

[536] 1827.

1814.
... which ...

[537] 1840.

1814.
... more light than He;

[538] 1827.

Amid these wilds; a composition framed
Of qualities so adverse—to diffuse,
Where'er he moved, diversified delight;
A simple answer may suffice, even this,
1814.
'Twas Nature's will; ...

[539] 1827.

And the Owl's Prey; none permanently house
1814.
But many harbour; from these Haunts, to which

[540] 1827.

1814.
... sunk ...

[541] 1832.

1814.
Not ...

[542] 1827.

—Truths I record to many known, for such
1814.
The not unfrequent tenor of his boast

[543] 1836.

1814.
... of different kind:

[544] 1836.

1814.
... with those who sleep."
1827.
... with them who sleep."

[545] 1827.

1814.
... who ...

[546] 1827.

... He could not pine,
Whencee'er rejected howsoe'er forlorn,
1814.
Through lack of converse, ...

[547] 1845.

1814.
Even by this ...

[548] 1836.

1814.
Under ...

[549] 1836.

1814.
... beneath a borrowed name,

[550] 1827.

1814.
Which ...

[551] 1836.

1814.
... these ...

[552] 1845.

1814.
Such change towards ...

[553] 1827.

... which should stand
1814.
For public use; and also might survive

[554] 1827.

... as might seem,
1814.
Than suits this Place; ...

[555] Italics were first used in 1827.

[556] 1845.

... of Prometheus chained?
1814.
The Vulture— ...

[557] 1836.

1814.
... beneath ...

[558] 1827.

Beyond the limits of these humble graves,
1814.
Of strange disasters; ...

[559] 1827.

For, though from these materials might be framed
1814.
Harsh portraiture, in which a vulgar face

[560] 1820.

1814.
... may at once

[561] 1836.

1814.
... records ...

[562] 1836.

1814.
Depository ...

[563] 1836.

1814.
Than fondest Epitaphs: for, if it fail,
1827.
Than fondest epitaphs: for, if that fail,

[564] 1827.

1814.
... which ...

[565] 1832.

1814.
That 'twas ...

[566] 1836.

1814.
... will I single out ...

[567] 1827.

1814.
Than the ...

[568] 1827.

1814.
Or in ...

[569] This line was first inserted in 1845.

[570] 1845.

1814.
While ...

[571] 1827.

And saturnine; her port erect, her head
1814.
Not absolutely raised, as if to hold

[572] 1827.

1814.
... yet rather framed

[573] 1832.

... as sovereign Queen
1814.
Among her Play-mates; ...
... as sovereign queen
1827.
'Mid her companions; ...

[574] 1827.

... else their simple sports
Had wanted power to occupy a mind
Held in subjection by a strong controul
Of studious application, self-imposed.
Books were her creditors; to them she paid,
With pleasing, anxious eagerness, the hours
Which they exacted; were it time allowed,
Or seized upon by stealth, or fairly won,
1814.
By stretch of industry, from other tasks.

[575] 1827.

1814.
... them

[576] 1827.

1814.
... or efface

[577] 1832.

1814.
... or impaired.

[578] 1836.

1814.
... unrelenting ...

[579]

... the hand
MS.
Grew slack in alms-giving, the heart itself

[580] 1827.

... Ah! there she felt,
Indignantly, the weakness of her sex,
The injustice of her low estate.—She mused;
Resolved, adhered to her resolve; her heart
Closed by degrees to charity; and, thence
1814.
Expecting not Heaven's blessing, placed her trust

[581] 1836.

In ceaseless pains and parsimonious care,
1814.
Which got, and sternly hoarded each day's gain.

[582]

MS.
Yet ...

[583] 1836.

1814.
... pang which it deplored.

[584] 1836

Down rocky mountains—buried now and lost
1814.
In silent pools, unfathomably deep;—
1827.
... and now in eddies chained,—
1832.
... now in strong eddies chained,—

[585] 1827.

Now in a moment starting forth again
With violence, and proud of its escape;—
Until it sink once more, by slow degrees,
1814.
Or instantly, into as dark repose.

[586] 1845.

1814.
This was the dying ...

[587] 1845

... when I am gone?
"Sit by my fire—possess what I possessed—
1814.
"Tend what I tended—

[588] 1827.

... too much.—Of nobler feeling
1814.
Take this example.—One autumnal evening

[589] 1845.

1814.
Musing ...

[590] 1845.

"And safe from all our sorrows."—She is safe,
1814.
And her uncharitable acts, ...

[591] 1827.

The Vicar paused; and tow'rds a seat advanced,
A long stone-seat, framed in the Church-yard wall;
Part under shady sycamore, and part
Offering a place of rest in pleasant sunshine,
1814.
Even as may suit the comers old or young

[592] 1836.

To this commodious resting-place he led;
1814.
Where, by his side, we all sate down;
1827.
Under the shade we all sate down; ...

[593] 1827.

1814.
Then, on that mold, ...

[594] 1832.

1814.
... or ...

[595] 1845.

1814.
Yea, doubtless, on the turf ...

[596] 1814.

C.
At prayer, a weeping Magdalene.

[597] 1827.

Upon the pathway, of her mournful tread;
Nor of that pace with which she once had moved
1814.
In virgin fearlessness, a step that seemed

[598] 1827.

1814.
... wet ...

[599] 1827.

When first the Hunter's startling horn is heard
Upon the golden hills. A spreading Elm
Stands in our Valley, called THE JOYFUL TREE:
1814.
An Elm distinguished by that festive name,

[600] 1836.

It was the season sweet, of budding leaves,
Of days advancing tow'rds their utmost length,
And small birds singing to their happy mates.
Wild is the music of the autumnal wind
1814.
Among the faded woods; but these blithe notes
1832.
Of days advancing toward ...

[601] 1827.

... of summer days,
And their long twilight!—friendly to that stealth
With which she slipped into the Cottage-barn,
And found a secret oratory there;
1814.
Or, in the garden, pored upon her book

[602] 1845.

... of open sky,
1814.
Till the dark night ...

[603] 1814.

C.
... kindled ...

[604] 1845.

1814.
She looked ...

[605] 1827.

Far sweeter than bewildered Traveller feels
Upon a perilous waste, where all night long
1814.
Through darkness he hath toiled and fearful storm,

[606] 1845.

... and, henceforth, I look
1814.
Upon the light with cheerfulness, for thee

[607] 1836.

1814.
The sweet affection....

[608] 1845.

1814.
And with contented spirit undertook

[609] 1814.

MS.
... thoughts

[610] 1827.

... doomed to feel.
In selfish blindness, for I will not say
1814.
In naked and deliberate cruelty,

[611] 1827.

... with her own.
They argued that such meeting would disturb
The Mother's mind, distract her thoughts, and thus
Unfit her for her duty—in which dread,
1814.
Week after week, the mandate was enforced.

[612] 1836.

And whatsoe'er the errand, urged her steps:
1814.
Hither she came; and here she stood, or knelt
1832.
... here stood, and sometimes knelt

[613] 1827.

1814.
... raised,