nt have been expanded into
forty lines--four lines of the MS. being omitted, and twelve lines,
908-919, "Once free,"--"social home," being inserted. The text passed
through five revises and remained unaltered till November 21, when
eighteen lines were added to the forty, viz.: (4) "Mark! where his
carnage,"--"sabre's length;" (6) "There ev'n thy soul,"--"Zuleika's
name;" and (8) "Aye--let the loud winds,"--"bars escape." Of these the
two latter additions belong to the _Fourth Fragment_. The text in this
state passed through three more revises, but before the first edition
was issued two more lines were added--lines 938, 939,

"The deepest murmur of this lip shall be,
No sigh for safety, but a prayer for thee!"

Even then the six lines, "Blest--as the Muezzin's,"--"endears," are
wanting in the text; but the four lines, "Soft--as the
melody,"--"endears," are inserted in MS. in the margin. The text as it
stands first appears in the Seventh Edition.

* * * * *

[_First_ Draft of 880, _sq_., of Canto II. Stanz xx.
of the _Bride of Abydos_.]

For thee in those bright isles is built a bower
Aden, in its earliest hour
Blooming as {-Eden--guarded like a tower-}
A thousand swords--thy Selim's soul and hand
Wait on thy voice, and bow to thy command
pair
No Danger daunts--the {-souls-} that Love hath blest
steps still roving
With {-feet long-wandering-}--but with hearts at rest.
{-For thee my blade shall shine--my hand shall toil-}
With thee all toils were sweet--each clime hath charms {line 934}
Earth--sea--alike--one World within our arms {line 935}
Girt by my hand--Zuleika at my side--
The Spoil of nations shall bedeck my bride
slumbring
The Haram's sluggish life of listless ease
Is well exchanged for cares and joys like these
{-Mine be the lot to know where'er I rove-}
{-A thousand perils wait where-er I rove,-}
Not blind to fate I view where-er I rove
A thousand perils--but one only love--
Yet well my labor shall fond breast repay
When Fortune frowns or falser friends betray
How dear the thought in darkest hours of ill
Should all be changed to find thee faithful still
Be but thy soul like Selim's firmly shown
{-mine in firmness-}
{-Firm as my own I deem thy tender heart-}
To th