At such an hour there are who love to stray,
And meet the advancing Pilgrims ere the day 1820.
And meet the advancing Pilgrims ere the day 1820.
Wordsworth - 1
1815.
]
[Variant 106:
1836.
Thus does the father to his sons relate,
On the lone mountain top, their changed estate. 1815. ]
[Variant 107:
1836.
But human vices have provoked the rod 1815.
In the editions 1815-1832 this and the following line preceded lines
399-400. They took their final position in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 108:
1836.
. . . whose vales and mountains round 1820. ]
[Variant 109:
1836.
(Compressing eight lines into six. )
. . . to awful silence bound.
A gulf of gloomy blue, that opens wide
And bottomless, divides the midway tide.
Like leaning masts of stranded ships appear
The pines that near the coast their summits rear;
Of cabins, woods, and lawns a pleasant shore
Bounds calm and clear the chaps still and hoar;
Loud thro' that midway gulf ascending, sound
Unnumber'd streams with hollow roar profound: 1820. ]
[Variant 110:
1836.
Mount thro' the nearer mist the chaunt of birds,
And talking voices, and the low of herds,
The bark of dogs, the drowsy tinkling bell,
And wild-wood mountain lutes of saddest swell. 1820. ]
[Variant 111:
1836.
Think not, suspended from the cliff on high,
He looks below with undelighted eye. 1820. ]
[Variant 112: This couplet was added in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 113:
1836.
--No vulgar joy is his, at even tide
Stretch'd on the scented mountain's purple side. 1820. ]
[Variant 114:
1836.
While Hope, that ceaseless leans on Pleasure's urn, 1820. ]
[Variant 115:
1836.
. . . by vestal . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 116:
1836.
. . . native . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 117:
1832.
He marches with his flute, his book, and sword; 1820. ]
[Variant 118:
1845.
. . . wonderous . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 119:
1840.
. . . glorious . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 120:
1836.
Uncertain thro' his fierce uncultured soul
Like lighted tempests troubled transports roll;
To viewless realms his Spirit towers amain, 1820. ]
[Variant 121:
1836.
And oft, when pass'd that solemn vision by, 1820. ]
[Variant 122:
1836.
Where the dread peal . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 123:
1836.
--When the Sun bids the gorgeous scene farewell,
Alps overlooking Alps their state up-swell;
Huge Pikes of Darkness named, of Fear and Storms,
Lift, all serene, their still, illumined forms, 1820. ]
[Variant 124:
1845.
--Great joy, by horror tam'd, dilates his heart,
And the near heavens their own delights impart. 1820.
In the editions 1820-1832 this couplet preceded the four lines above
quoted.
Fear in his breast with holy love unites,
And the near heavens impart their own delights. 1836. ]
[Variant 125:
1836.
That hut which from the hills his eyes employs
So oft, the central point of all his joys, 1815.
. . . his eye . . . 1832. ]
[Variant 126:
1836
And as a swift, by tender cares opprest,
Peeps often ere she dart into her nest,
So to the untrodden floor, where round him looks
His father, helpless as the babe he rocks,
Oft he descends to nurse the brother pair, 1820. ]
[Variant 127:
1820.
Where, . . . 1815. ]
[Variant 128:
1836.
Rush down the living rocks with whirlwind sound. 1815. ]
[Variant 129:
1820.
Content . . . 1815. ]
[Variant 130:
1836.
. . . consecrate . . . 1815. ]
[Variant 131: The following lines were erased in 1836, and in all
subsequent editions:
"Here," cried a swain, whose venerable head
Bloom'd with the snow-drops of Man's narrow bed,
Last night, while by his dying fire, as clos'd
The day, in luxury my limbs repos'd,
Here Penury oft from misery's mount will guide
Ev'n to the summer door his icy tide,
And here the avalanche of Death destroy
The little cottage of domestic Joy. 1793. ]
. . . a Swain, upon whose hoary head
The "blossoms of the grave" were thinly spread, 1820.
. . . a thoughtful Swain, upon whose head 1827. ]
[Variant 132:
1836.
But, ah! the unwilling mind . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 133:
1836.
The churlish gales, that unremitting blow
Cold from necessity's continual snow, 1820. ]
[Variant 134:
1836.
To us . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 135:
1836.
. . . a never-ceasing . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 136:
1836.
The father, as his sons of strength become
To pay the filial debt, for food to roam, 1820. ]
[Variant 137:
1836.
From his bare nest . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 138:
1836.
His last dread pleasure! watches . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 139:
1836.
When the poor heart has all its joys resigned,
Why does their sad remembrance cleave behind? 1820. ]
[Variant 140:
1836.
Soft o'er the waters mournful measures swell,
Unlocking tender thought's "memorial cell";
Past pleasures are transformed to mortal pains
And poison spreads along the listener's veins. 1820.
While poison . . . 1827. ]
[Variant 141:
1836.
Fair smiling lights the purpled hills illume! 1815. ]
[Variant 142:
1836.
Soft . . . 1815. ]
[Variant 143:
1836.
Soon flies the little joy to man allowed,
And grief before him travels like a cloud: 1815. ]
[Variant 144:
1836. (Expanding four lines into six. )
For come Diseases on, and Penury's rage,
Labour, and Care, and Pain, and dismal Age,
Till, Hope-deserted, long in vain his breath
Implores the dreadful untried sleep of Death. 1815. ]
[Variant 145:
1836.
A Temple stands; which holds an awful shrine, 1815. ]
[Variant 146:
1836.
Pale, dreadful faces round the Shrine appear, 1815. ]
[Variant 147:
1836. After this line the editions of 1815-1832 have the following
couplet:
While strives a secret Power to hush the crowd,
Pain's wild rebellious burst proclaims her rights aloud,
and this is followed by lines 545-6 of the final text. ]
[Variant 148:
1836.
From 1815 to 1832, the following two couplets followed line 546. The
first of these was withdrawn in 1836.
Mid muttering prayers all sounds of torment meet,
Dire clap of hands, distracted chafe of feet;
While loud and dull ascends the weeping cry,
Surely in other thoughts contempt may die. 1815. ]
[Variant 149:
1836.
--The tall Sun, tiptoe . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 150:
1836.
At such an hour there are who love to stray,
And meet the advancing Pilgrims ere the day 1820.
Now let us meet the Pilgrims ere the day
Close on the remnant of their weary way; 1827. ]
[Variant 151:
1836.
For ye are drawing tow'rd that sacred floor,
Where the charmed worm of pain shall gnaw no more. 1820.
While they are drawing toward the sacred floor 1827. ]
[Variant 152:
1827.
. . . for you . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 153:
1836.
--Now with a tearful kiss each other greet,
Nor longer naked be your toil-worn feet, 1820.
There some with tearful kiss each other greet,
And some, with reverence, wash their toil-worn feet. 1827. ]
[Variant 154:
1836.
Yes I will see you when you first behold 1820.
. . . ye . . . 1827. ]
[Variant 155: This couplet was added in 1836. ]
[Variant 156:
1836.
. . . the hands . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 157:
1836.
Last let us turn to where Chamouny shields, 1820. ]
[Variant 158:
1827.
Bosomed in gloomy woods, . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 159:
1836.
Here lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fann'd,
Here all the Seasons revel hand in hand. 1820. ]
[Variant 160:
1836.
--Red stream the cottage-lights; the landscape fades,
Erroneous wavering mid the twilight shades.
Inserted in the editions 1820 to 1832. ]
[Variant 161:
1836.
Alone ascends that Mountain named of white, 1820.
Alone ascends that Hill of matchless height, 1827. ]
[Variant 162:
1836.
. . . amid . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 163:
1836.
Mysterious . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 164:
1836.
. . . 'mid . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 165:
1836.
At such an hour I heaved a pensive sigh,
When roared the sullen Arve in anger by, 1820. ]
[Variant 166:
1836.
. . . delicious . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 167:
1836.
Hard lot! --for no Italian arts are thine
To cheat, or chear, to soften, or refine. 1820.
To soothe or cheer, . . . 1827. ]
[Variant 168:
1836.
Beloved Freedom! were it mine to stray,
With shrill winds roaring . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 169:
1836.
O'er . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 170:
1836.
(Compressing four lines into two. )
. . . o'er Lugano blows;
In the wide ranges of many a varied round,
Fleet as my passage was, I still have found
That where proud courts their blaze of gems display,
The lilies of domestic joy decay, 1820.
That where despotic courts their gems display, 1827. ]
[Variant 171:
1836.
In thy dear . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 172: The previous three lines were added in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 173:
1836.
The casement's shed more luscious woodbine binds,
And to the door a neater pathway winds; 1820. ]
[Variant 174:
1836.
(Compressing six lines into two. )
At early morn, the careful housewife, led
To cull her dinner from its garden bed,
Of weedless herbs a healthier prospect sees,
While hum with busier joy her happy bees;
In brighter rows her table wealth aspires,
And laugh with merrier blaze her evening fires; 1820. ]
[Variant 175:
1836.
Her infants' cheeks with fresher roses glow,
And wilder graces sport around their brow; 1820. ]
[Variant 176:
1836.
(Compressing four lines into two. )
By clearer taper lit, a cleanlier board
Receives at supper hour her tempting hoard;
The chamber hearth with fresher boughs is spread,
And whiter is the hospitable bed. 1820. ]
[Variant 177:
1845.
(Compressing four lines into two. )
And oh, fair France! though now along the shade
Where erst at will the grey-clad peasant strayed,
Gleam war's discordant garments through the trees,
And the red banner mocks the froward breeze; 1820.
. . . discordant vestments through the trees,
And the red banner fluctuates in the breeze; 1827.
. . . though in the rural shade
Where at his will, so late, the grey-clad peasant strayed,
Now, clothed in war's discordant garb, he sees
The three-striped banner fluctuate on the breeze; 1836. ]
[Variant 178:
1836.
Though now no more thy maids their voices suit
To the low-warbled breath of twilight lute,
And, heard the pausing village hum between,
No solemn songstress lull the fading green, 1820.
Though martial songs have banish'd songs of love,
And nightingales forsake the village grove, 1827.
(Compressing the four lines of 1820 into two. )]
[Variant 179:
1836.
While, as Night bids the startling uproar die,
Sole sound, the Sourd renews his mournful cry! 1820. ]
[Variant 180:
1836.
Chasing those long long dreams, . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 181:
1845.
. . . fainter pang . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 182:
1836.
A more majestic tide [vi] the water roll'd,
And glowed the sun-gilt groves in richer gold. 1820. ]
[Variant 183:
1836.
(Compressing six lines into four. )
--Though Liberty shall soon, indignant, raise
Red on the hills his beacon's comet blaze;
Bid from on high his lonely cannon sound,
And on ten thousand hearths his shout rebound;
His larum-bell from village-tower to tower
Swing on the astounded ear its dull undying roar; 1820. ]
[Variant 184:
1836.
Yet, yet rejoice, though Pride's perverted ire
Rouze Hell's own aid, and wrap thy hills on fire!
Lo! from the innocuous flames, a lovely birth,
With its own Virtues springs another earth: 1820. ]
[Variant 185:
1836.
Lines 646-651 were previously
Nature, as in her prime, her virgin reign
Begins, and Love and Truth compose her train;
While, with a pulseless hand, and stedfast gaze,
Unbreathing Justice her still beam surveys. 1820. ]
[Variant 186:
1836.
(Expanding eight lines into nine. )
Oh give, great God, to Freedom's waves to ride
Sublime o'er Conquest, Avarice, and Pride,
To sweep where Pleasure decks her guilty bowers
And dark Oppression builds her thick-ribbed towers!
--Give them, beneath their breast while gladness springs
To brood the nations o'er with Nile-like wings;
And grant that every sceptred Child of clay,
Who cries, presumptuous, "here their tides shall stay," 1820. ]
[Variant 187: This couplet was added in 1836. ]
[Variant 188:
1836.
Swept in their anger from the affrighted shore,
With all his creatures sink--to rise no more! 1820. ]
[Variant 189:
1845.
Be the dead load of mortal ills forgot! 1820
Be fear and joyful hope alike forgot 1836. ]
[Variant 190: This couplet was added in 1827. ]
[Variant 191:
1836.
Renewing, when the rosy summits glow
At morn, our various journey, sad and slow. 1820.
With lighter heart our course we may renew,
The first whose footsteps print the mountain dew. 1827. ]
* * * * *
SUB-VARIANTS
[Sub-Variant 1:
A single taper in the vale profound
Shifts, while the Alps dilated glimmer round; 1832. ]
[Sub-Variant 2:
And, . . . 1832. ]
[Sub-Variant 3:
. . . above yon . . . 1836. ]
[Sub-Variant 4:
By the deep gloom appalled, the Vagrant sighs, 1836.
[Variant 106:
1836.
Thus does the father to his sons relate,
On the lone mountain top, their changed estate. 1815. ]
[Variant 107:
1836.
But human vices have provoked the rod 1815.
In the editions 1815-1832 this and the following line preceded lines
399-400. They took their final position in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 108:
1836.
. . . whose vales and mountains round 1820. ]
[Variant 109:
1836.
(Compressing eight lines into six. )
. . . to awful silence bound.
A gulf of gloomy blue, that opens wide
And bottomless, divides the midway tide.
Like leaning masts of stranded ships appear
The pines that near the coast their summits rear;
Of cabins, woods, and lawns a pleasant shore
Bounds calm and clear the chaps still and hoar;
Loud thro' that midway gulf ascending, sound
Unnumber'd streams with hollow roar profound: 1820. ]
[Variant 110:
1836.
Mount thro' the nearer mist the chaunt of birds,
And talking voices, and the low of herds,
The bark of dogs, the drowsy tinkling bell,
And wild-wood mountain lutes of saddest swell. 1820. ]
[Variant 111:
1836.
Think not, suspended from the cliff on high,
He looks below with undelighted eye. 1820. ]
[Variant 112: This couplet was added in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 113:
1836.
--No vulgar joy is his, at even tide
Stretch'd on the scented mountain's purple side. 1820. ]
[Variant 114:
1836.
While Hope, that ceaseless leans on Pleasure's urn, 1820. ]
[Variant 115:
1836.
. . . by vestal . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 116:
1836.
. . . native . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 117:
1832.
He marches with his flute, his book, and sword; 1820. ]
[Variant 118:
1845.
. . . wonderous . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 119:
1840.
. . . glorious . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 120:
1836.
Uncertain thro' his fierce uncultured soul
Like lighted tempests troubled transports roll;
To viewless realms his Spirit towers amain, 1820. ]
[Variant 121:
1836.
And oft, when pass'd that solemn vision by, 1820. ]
[Variant 122:
1836.
Where the dread peal . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 123:
1836.
--When the Sun bids the gorgeous scene farewell,
Alps overlooking Alps their state up-swell;
Huge Pikes of Darkness named, of Fear and Storms,
Lift, all serene, their still, illumined forms, 1820. ]
[Variant 124:
1845.
--Great joy, by horror tam'd, dilates his heart,
And the near heavens their own delights impart. 1820.
In the editions 1820-1832 this couplet preceded the four lines above
quoted.
Fear in his breast with holy love unites,
And the near heavens impart their own delights. 1836. ]
[Variant 125:
1836.
That hut which from the hills his eyes employs
So oft, the central point of all his joys, 1815.
. . . his eye . . . 1832. ]
[Variant 126:
1836
And as a swift, by tender cares opprest,
Peeps often ere she dart into her nest,
So to the untrodden floor, where round him looks
His father, helpless as the babe he rocks,
Oft he descends to nurse the brother pair, 1820. ]
[Variant 127:
1820.
Where, . . . 1815. ]
[Variant 128:
1836.
Rush down the living rocks with whirlwind sound. 1815. ]
[Variant 129:
1820.
Content . . . 1815. ]
[Variant 130:
1836.
. . . consecrate . . . 1815. ]
[Variant 131: The following lines were erased in 1836, and in all
subsequent editions:
"Here," cried a swain, whose venerable head
Bloom'd with the snow-drops of Man's narrow bed,
Last night, while by his dying fire, as clos'd
The day, in luxury my limbs repos'd,
Here Penury oft from misery's mount will guide
Ev'n to the summer door his icy tide,
And here the avalanche of Death destroy
The little cottage of domestic Joy. 1793. ]
. . . a Swain, upon whose hoary head
The "blossoms of the grave" were thinly spread, 1820.
. . . a thoughtful Swain, upon whose head 1827. ]
[Variant 132:
1836.
But, ah! the unwilling mind . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 133:
1836.
The churlish gales, that unremitting blow
Cold from necessity's continual snow, 1820. ]
[Variant 134:
1836.
To us . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 135:
1836.
. . . a never-ceasing . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 136:
1836.
The father, as his sons of strength become
To pay the filial debt, for food to roam, 1820. ]
[Variant 137:
1836.
From his bare nest . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 138:
1836.
His last dread pleasure! watches . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 139:
1836.
When the poor heart has all its joys resigned,
Why does their sad remembrance cleave behind? 1820. ]
[Variant 140:
1836.
Soft o'er the waters mournful measures swell,
Unlocking tender thought's "memorial cell";
Past pleasures are transformed to mortal pains
And poison spreads along the listener's veins. 1820.
While poison . . . 1827. ]
[Variant 141:
1836.
Fair smiling lights the purpled hills illume! 1815. ]
[Variant 142:
1836.
Soft . . . 1815. ]
[Variant 143:
1836.
Soon flies the little joy to man allowed,
And grief before him travels like a cloud: 1815. ]
[Variant 144:
1836. (Expanding four lines into six. )
For come Diseases on, and Penury's rage,
Labour, and Care, and Pain, and dismal Age,
Till, Hope-deserted, long in vain his breath
Implores the dreadful untried sleep of Death. 1815. ]
[Variant 145:
1836.
A Temple stands; which holds an awful shrine, 1815. ]
[Variant 146:
1836.
Pale, dreadful faces round the Shrine appear, 1815. ]
[Variant 147:
1836. After this line the editions of 1815-1832 have the following
couplet:
While strives a secret Power to hush the crowd,
Pain's wild rebellious burst proclaims her rights aloud,
and this is followed by lines 545-6 of the final text. ]
[Variant 148:
1836.
From 1815 to 1832, the following two couplets followed line 546. The
first of these was withdrawn in 1836.
Mid muttering prayers all sounds of torment meet,
Dire clap of hands, distracted chafe of feet;
While loud and dull ascends the weeping cry,
Surely in other thoughts contempt may die. 1815. ]
[Variant 149:
1836.
--The tall Sun, tiptoe . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 150:
1836.
At such an hour there are who love to stray,
And meet the advancing Pilgrims ere the day 1820.
Now let us meet the Pilgrims ere the day
Close on the remnant of their weary way; 1827. ]
[Variant 151:
1836.
For ye are drawing tow'rd that sacred floor,
Where the charmed worm of pain shall gnaw no more. 1820.
While they are drawing toward the sacred floor 1827. ]
[Variant 152:
1827.
. . . for you . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 153:
1836.
--Now with a tearful kiss each other greet,
Nor longer naked be your toil-worn feet, 1820.
There some with tearful kiss each other greet,
And some, with reverence, wash their toil-worn feet. 1827. ]
[Variant 154:
1836.
Yes I will see you when you first behold 1820.
. . . ye . . . 1827. ]
[Variant 155: This couplet was added in 1836. ]
[Variant 156:
1836.
. . . the hands . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 157:
1836.
Last let us turn to where Chamouny shields, 1820. ]
[Variant 158:
1827.
Bosomed in gloomy woods, . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 159:
1836.
Here lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fann'd,
Here all the Seasons revel hand in hand. 1820. ]
[Variant 160:
1836.
--Red stream the cottage-lights; the landscape fades,
Erroneous wavering mid the twilight shades.
Inserted in the editions 1820 to 1832. ]
[Variant 161:
1836.
Alone ascends that Mountain named of white, 1820.
Alone ascends that Hill of matchless height, 1827. ]
[Variant 162:
1836.
. . . amid . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 163:
1836.
Mysterious . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 164:
1836.
. . . 'mid . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 165:
1836.
At such an hour I heaved a pensive sigh,
When roared the sullen Arve in anger by, 1820. ]
[Variant 166:
1836.
. . . delicious . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 167:
1836.
Hard lot! --for no Italian arts are thine
To cheat, or chear, to soften, or refine. 1820.
To soothe or cheer, . . . 1827. ]
[Variant 168:
1836.
Beloved Freedom! were it mine to stray,
With shrill winds roaring . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 169:
1836.
O'er . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 170:
1836.
(Compressing four lines into two. )
. . . o'er Lugano blows;
In the wide ranges of many a varied round,
Fleet as my passage was, I still have found
That where proud courts their blaze of gems display,
The lilies of domestic joy decay, 1820.
That where despotic courts their gems display, 1827. ]
[Variant 171:
1836.
In thy dear . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 172: The previous three lines were added in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 173:
1836.
The casement's shed more luscious woodbine binds,
And to the door a neater pathway winds; 1820. ]
[Variant 174:
1836.
(Compressing six lines into two. )
At early morn, the careful housewife, led
To cull her dinner from its garden bed,
Of weedless herbs a healthier prospect sees,
While hum with busier joy her happy bees;
In brighter rows her table wealth aspires,
And laugh with merrier blaze her evening fires; 1820. ]
[Variant 175:
1836.
Her infants' cheeks with fresher roses glow,
And wilder graces sport around their brow; 1820. ]
[Variant 176:
1836.
(Compressing four lines into two. )
By clearer taper lit, a cleanlier board
Receives at supper hour her tempting hoard;
The chamber hearth with fresher boughs is spread,
And whiter is the hospitable bed. 1820. ]
[Variant 177:
1845.
(Compressing four lines into two. )
And oh, fair France! though now along the shade
Where erst at will the grey-clad peasant strayed,
Gleam war's discordant garments through the trees,
And the red banner mocks the froward breeze; 1820.
. . . discordant vestments through the trees,
And the red banner fluctuates in the breeze; 1827.
. . . though in the rural shade
Where at his will, so late, the grey-clad peasant strayed,
Now, clothed in war's discordant garb, he sees
The three-striped banner fluctuate on the breeze; 1836. ]
[Variant 178:
1836.
Though now no more thy maids their voices suit
To the low-warbled breath of twilight lute,
And, heard the pausing village hum between,
No solemn songstress lull the fading green, 1820.
Though martial songs have banish'd songs of love,
And nightingales forsake the village grove, 1827.
(Compressing the four lines of 1820 into two. )]
[Variant 179:
1836.
While, as Night bids the startling uproar die,
Sole sound, the Sourd renews his mournful cry! 1820. ]
[Variant 180:
1836.
Chasing those long long dreams, . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 181:
1845.
. . . fainter pang . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 182:
1836.
A more majestic tide [vi] the water roll'd,
And glowed the sun-gilt groves in richer gold. 1820. ]
[Variant 183:
1836.
(Compressing six lines into four. )
--Though Liberty shall soon, indignant, raise
Red on the hills his beacon's comet blaze;
Bid from on high his lonely cannon sound,
And on ten thousand hearths his shout rebound;
His larum-bell from village-tower to tower
Swing on the astounded ear its dull undying roar; 1820. ]
[Variant 184:
1836.
Yet, yet rejoice, though Pride's perverted ire
Rouze Hell's own aid, and wrap thy hills on fire!
Lo! from the innocuous flames, a lovely birth,
With its own Virtues springs another earth: 1820. ]
[Variant 185:
1836.
Lines 646-651 were previously
Nature, as in her prime, her virgin reign
Begins, and Love and Truth compose her train;
While, with a pulseless hand, and stedfast gaze,
Unbreathing Justice her still beam surveys. 1820. ]
[Variant 186:
1836.
(Expanding eight lines into nine. )
Oh give, great God, to Freedom's waves to ride
Sublime o'er Conquest, Avarice, and Pride,
To sweep where Pleasure decks her guilty bowers
And dark Oppression builds her thick-ribbed towers!
--Give them, beneath their breast while gladness springs
To brood the nations o'er with Nile-like wings;
And grant that every sceptred Child of clay,
Who cries, presumptuous, "here their tides shall stay," 1820. ]
[Variant 187: This couplet was added in 1836. ]
[Variant 188:
1836.
Swept in their anger from the affrighted shore,
With all his creatures sink--to rise no more! 1820. ]
[Variant 189:
1845.
Be the dead load of mortal ills forgot! 1820
Be fear and joyful hope alike forgot 1836. ]
[Variant 190: This couplet was added in 1827. ]
[Variant 191:
1836.
Renewing, when the rosy summits glow
At morn, our various journey, sad and slow. 1820.
With lighter heart our course we may renew,
The first whose footsteps print the mountain dew. 1827. ]
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SUB-VARIANTS
[Sub-Variant 1:
A single taper in the vale profound
Shifts, while the Alps dilated glimmer round; 1832. ]
[Sub-Variant 2:
And, . . . 1832. ]
[Sub-Variant 3:
. . . above yon . . . 1836. ]
[Sub-Variant 4:
By the deep gloom appalled, the Vagrant sighs, 1836.
