et; 1836.

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

[Variant 11:

1836.

is he secure; 1819.]

[Variant 12:

1836.

full well 1819.]

[Variant 13:

1836.

Uncouth although the object be,
An image of perplexity;
Yet not the less it is our boast, 1819.]

[Variant 14:

1827.

... I frame ... 1819.]

[Variant 15:

1836

And never was my heart more light. 1819.]

[Variant 16:

1836.

... will bless ... 1819.]

[Variant 17:

1836.

... delight, ... 1819.]

[Variant 18:

1836.

Good proof of this the Country gain'd,
One day, when ye were vex'd and strain'd--
Entrusted to another's care,
And forc'd unworthy stripes to bear. 1819.]

[Variant 19:

1836. (Expanding four lines into six.)

Here was it--on this rugged spot
Which now contented with our lot
We climb--that piteously abused
Ye plung'd in anger and confused: 1819.]

[Variant 20:

1836.

... in your ... 1819.]

[Variant 21:

1836.

The ranks were taken with one mind; 1819.]

[Variant 22:

1819.

Our road be, narrow, steep, and rough; 1836.

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

[Variant 23:

1836.

large drops upon his head 1819.]

[Variant 24:

1836.

He starts-and, at the admonition,
Takes a survey of his condition. 1819.]

[Variant 25:

1836.

A huge and melancholy room, 1819.]

[Variant 26:

1836.

... on high ... 1819.]

[Variant 27: 1836. The previous four lines were added in the edition of
1820, where they read as follows:

And suddenly a ruffling breeze
(That would have sounded through the trees
Had aught of sylvan growth been there)
Was felt throughout the region bare: 1820.]

[Variant 28:

1836.

By peals of thunder, clap on clap!
And many a terror-striking flash;--
And somewhere, as it seems, a crash, 1819.]

[Variant 29:

1820.

And rattling ... 1819,]

[Variant 30:

1836. (Compressing six lines into four.)

The voice, to move commiseration,
Prolong'd its earnest supplication--
"This storm that beats so furiously--
This dreadful place! oh pity me!"

While this was said, with sobs between,
And many tears, by one unseen; 1819.]

[Variant 31:

1845.

And Benjamin, without further question,
Taking her for some way-w