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[Variant 1:

1836.

And strangers to content if long apart,
Or more divided ... 1820.]

[Variant 2:

1827.

Was inwardly prepared to turn aside
From law and custom, ... 1820.]

[Variant 3:

1836.

The sequel may be easily divined,--1820.]

[Variant 4:

1827.

... From this time the Youth 1820.]

[Variant 5:

1827.

Stirred no where without arms. To their rural seat,
Meanwhile, his Parents artfully withdrew,
Upon some feigned occasion, and the Son
Remained with one attendant. At midnight 1820.]

[Variant 6:

1836.

One, did the Youth's ungovernable hand
Assault and slay;--and to a second gave 1820.]

[Variant 7:

1836.

... beheld ... 1820.]

[Variant 8:

1836.

The perturbation of each mind;--... 1820.]

[Variant 9: This line was added in 1836.]

[Variant 10:

1836.

But ... 1820.]

[Variant 11:

1845.

... for no thought
Uncharitable, no presumptuous rising
Of hasty censure, modelled in the eclipse 1820.

... for no thought
Undutifully harsh dwelt in his mind,
No proud resentment cherished in the eclipse C.]

[Variant 12:

1840.

... your ... 1820.]

[Variant 13:

1827.

... upon ... 1820.]

[Variant 14:

1836.

No words ... 1820.]

[Variant 15:

1836.

... infant Babe, 1820.]

[Variant 16:

1827.

... to the spot repaired
With an intent to visit him. He reached
The house, and only found the Matron there, 1820]

[Variant 17:

1836.

But, seeing some one near, even as his hand
Was stretched towards the garden gate, he shrunk--1820]

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FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT

[Footnote A: The work was 'The Prelude'. See book ix., p. 310 of this
volume.--Ed.]

[Footnote B: Compare 'The Prelude', book ix. l. 548, p. 310, where
Wordsworth says it was told him "by my Patriot friend."--Ed.]

In the preface to his volume, "'Poems of Wordsworth' chosen and edited
by Matthew Arnold," that distinguished poet and critic has said (p.
xxv.), "I can read with pleasure and edification ... everything of
Wordsworth, I think, except 'Vaudracour and Julia'."--Ed.

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1805

During 1805, the aut