VARIANTS:

[627] 1836.

his patriotic enthusiasm—distinguished qualities—and 1814.

[628] 1827.

1814.
... craggy top,

[629] 1836.

1814.
Upon ...

[630] 1827.

... that lie apart,
Unsociable company and sad;
1814.
And, furthermore, appearing to encroach

[631] 1827.

... follow with your eyes
1814.
The length of road which ...

[632] 1827.

1814.
... among ...

[633] 1836.

1814.
Towards ...

[634] 1814.

C.
Be crossed, and into those secluded vales

[635] 1832.

1814.
... tow'rds ...

[636] 1827.

1814.
Which told that 'twas ...
MS.
Gay offering from ...

[637] 1836.

... beneath the green-wood Tree?
1814.
Or are they Strollers, ...

[638] 1827.

Had frolicked many a year; a simple Clerk
By hopes of coming patronage beguiled
And vexed, until the weary heart grew sick.
And so, abandoning each higher aim
1814.
And all his shewy Friends, at length he turned
Had frolicked many a year; a simple Clerk
Beguiled by hopes of coming patronage
Till the heart sicken'd so each loftier aim
Abandoning, and all his showy Friends
He turned to this sequester'd Chapelry;
MS.
Kindly presented to his doubtful choice

[639] 1836.

For a life's stay, though slender yet assured,
To this remote and humble Chapelry;
1814.
Which ...
For a life's stay, though slender yet assured,
He turned to this secluded Chapelry,
1827.
That ...

[640] 1836.

With which the scantily-provided Cure
Not long had been endowed: and far remote
The Chapel stood, divided from that House
1814.
By an unpeopled tract of mountain waste.

[641] 1827.

... compelled,
Month after month, in that obscure Abode
1814.
To rise ...

[642] 1827.

1814.
Or these ...

[643] 1827.

Contentedly, to take a temperate meal
1814.
At his own board, ...

[644] 1836.

1814.
With acceptable treat ...

[645] 1845.

1814.
... on ...

[646]

MS.
... that ...

[647] 1827.

1814.
... festive ...

[648] 1836.

1814.
These ...

[649] 1836.

1814.
... upon its ...

[650] 1836.

1814.
... growth

[651] 1827.

1814.
... and ...

[652] 1836.

1814.
—These ...

[653] 1827.

1814.
As I have seen it, ...

[654] 1827.

1814.
Which ...

[655] 1827.

1814.
Which ...

[656] 1827.

1814.
Without distinction falling ...

[657] The following lines occur only in the editions of 1814 and 1820.

—Yoke-fellows were they long and well approved
To endure and to perform.
With frugal pains,
Yet in a course of generous discipline,
Did this poor Churchman and his Consort rear
Their progeny.—Of three—sent forth to try
The paths of fortune in the open world,
One, not endowed with firmness to resist
The suit of pleasure, to his native Vale
Returned, and humbly tilled his Father's glebe.
—The youngest Daughter, too, in duty stayed
To lighten her declining Mother's care.
But, ere the bloom was passed away which health
Preserved to adorn a cheek no longer young,
Her heart, in course of nature, finding place
For new affections, to the holy state
Of wedlock they conducted her; but still
The Bride adhering to those filial cares
Dwelt with her Mate beneath her Father's roof.
... discipline
MS.
Their progeny was reared.—Of three that tried
But, ere her bloom had fled by health preserved
MS.
To decorate a cheek no longer young,

[658] 1836.

1814.
Of open schemes, and all his ...

[659] 1827.

1814.
... these ...

[660] 1836.

1814.
In ...

[661] Italics were first used in 1836.

[662] 1836.

1814.
... 'twixt ...

[663] 1845.

... would never quit;
Hither, ere long, that lowly, great, good Man
1814.
Will be conveyed. An unelaborate Stone
Into its graveyard will ere long be borne
That lowly great good man. A simple stone
C.
May cover him, and by that record's help,

[664] 1827.

1814.
... frames ...

[665] 1845.

... and instantly dissolves.
1814.
—Noise ...

[666] 1832.

1814.
... where'er he may?

[667] 1836.

1814.
... deeds and purposes; ...

[668] 1836.

1814.
... discomfiture ...

[669] 1827.

... through fields
1814.
And cottages, ...

[670] 1845.

1814.
... this ...

[671] 1845.

1814.
Of what it holds ...

[672] 1836.

1814.
... tow'rds ...

[673] 1814.

Beneath that pine which rears its dusky head
Aloft, and covered by a plain blue stone
Briefly inscribed, a gentle Dalesman lies;
1810.
Quoted from MS. in Essay upon Epitaphs.

[674] 1814.

1810.
No husband's ...

[675] 1836.

1814.
... had each ...

[676] 1836.

To the assembled spirits of the just
1814.
From imperfection and decay secure.

[677] 1845.

To think of One, who cannot see, advancing
1814.
Towards some precipice's airy brink!
1832.
Toward ...
To think of one, who cannot see, advancing
1836.
Straight toward some precipice's airy brink!

[678] 1827.

1814.
... brink ...

[679] 1836.

1814.
Or ...

[680] 1827.

1814.
... and ...

[681] 1827.

1814.
... may win their recompence;

[682] 1814.

Not least for this that here might be perceived
C.
A type and shadow of that awful truth.

[683] 1827.

1814.
... of the space

[684] 1827.

... with attentive ear,
Nor disbelieves the tidings which he hears.
Meanwhile the incense offered up by him
1814.
Is of the kind which beasts and birds present

[685] 1827.

... horizon's edge,
Transparent texture, framing in the east
1814.
A veil ...

[686] 1827.

1814.
... hath owed to him

[687] 1827.

The loftiest of her pendants. Help he gives
To lordly mansion rising far or near;
1814.
The enormous wheel that turns ten thousand spindles,
... pendants. And the wheel
MS.
Enormous, that turns round ten thousand spindles,

[688] 1827.

1814.
... their ...

[689] 1827.

Among the mountain coves, or keen research
1814.
In forest, park, or chace. Yon household Fir,

[690] 1827.

1814.
... lasses ...

[691] 1827.

... of their fate.
Not one would have his pitiful regard,
For prized accommodation, pleasant use,
For dignity, for old acquaintance sake,
For ancient custom or distinguished name.
1814.
His sentence ...

[692] 1827.

1814.
And promising to stand from year to year,

[693] 1827.

Was given, the crown and glory of the whole!
Welcomed with joy, whose penetrating power
1814.
Was not unfelt amid that heavenly calm

[694] 1827.

... from his open door,
And from the laurel-shaded seat thereby,
1814.
Day after day ...

[695] 1836.

1814.
... and almost all ...

[696] 1836.

1814.
... the ...

[697]

Range round the garden-walk, whose first Spring flowers
MS.
Were peeping forth, even at that hopeful time,

[698] 1827.

Range round the garden-walk, whose low ground-flowers
Were peeping forth, shy messengers of spring,—
Even at that hopeful time,—the winds of March,
1814.
One sunny day, smiting insidiously,

[699] 1827.

.... their hope and soul's delight.
—But Providence, that gives and takes away
By his own law, is merciful and just;
1814.
Time wants not power ...

[700] 1836.

... a peaceful grave.
On a bright day, the brightest of the year,
1814.
These mountains echoed with an unknown sound,

[701] 1827.

... The mountain Ash,
1814.
Decked ...
...The mountain ash
Ye may have mark'd mid yet unfaded woods
Deck'd with autumnal berries that outshine
MS.
The richest blossoms of the Spring, or seen

[702] 1827.

Spring's richest blossoms, yields a splendid show,
1814.
Amid the leafy woods; and ye have seen,

[703] 1827.

1814.
Had bounteously ...

[704] 1814.

Fleeing for life the fox was taught to dread
C.
His voice and indefatigable feet.

Or,

The fox in many wiles however versed
Or spent in strength by forward flight
O'er { hill and vale }
} was taught to dread
{ vale and stream}
His voice and indefatigable feet
C.
Still foremost, longest in the obstinate chase.

[705] 1827.

1814.
... he could lift ...

[706] 1836.

... steady aim.
1814.
From Gallia's coast a Tyrant's threats were hurled;
1827.
From Gallia's coast a Tyrant hurled his threats;

[707] 1827.

1814.
... preparations vast

[708] 1832.

1814.
... and ...

[709] 1827.

1814.
... tow'rds ...

[710] 1827.

1814.
... Judea's ...

[711] 1836.

1814.
... or ...

[712] 1836.

This spoken, from his seat the Pastor rose,
And moved towards the grave;—instinctively
1814.
His steps we followed; and my voice exclaimed,

[713] 1836.

1814.
When these involuntary words had ceased,

[714] 1836.

... power to pierce.
1814.
Why do ye quake, intimidated Thrones?

[715] 1836.

1814.
... Seats,

[716] 1836.

... who still
Exist, as Pagan Temples stood of old,
By very horror of their impious rites
1814.
Preserved; are suffered to extend their pride,

[717] 1845.

1814.
One summer's day, a day of annual pomp

[718] 1827.

... too negligent of self,
(A natural failing which maturer years
Would have subdued) took fearlessly—and kept—
His wonted station in the chilling flood,
Among a busy company convened
1814.
To wash his Father's flock. Convulsions dire

[719] 1827.

1814.
Which ...

[720] 1827.

1814.
... tow'rds ...

[721] 1827.

That task would foil." And, with these added words,
1814.
He thitherward advanced, "Tradition tells

[722] 1827.

... in his soul
When years admonished him of failing strength
1814.
And he no more rejoiced in war's delights,
MS.
Long crush'd beneath ...

[723] 1845.

The Knight arrived, with pomp of spear and shield,
And borne upon a Charger covered o'er
1814.
With gilded housings....

[724] 1836.

1814.
... the ...

[725] 1827.

1814.
... which ...

FOOTNOTES:

[IC] In the end of May and in June 1791, Wordsworth went with his friend Jones on a pedestrian tour in Wales.—ED.

[ID] Note the exactness of the reference to the "playground of the village-school." It is described as "smooth" because it had no graves in it at that time. "The school," writes Dr. Cradock, "was then, and long afterwards, held at the house abutting the Lichgate, and the children had no playground but the churchyard. The portion of the ground nearest the school was not used for burial, until the want of room made it necessary to encroach on it. The oldest tombstone bears the date of 1777."—ED.