sequent editions
the title is "Arcadia."

Pilgrims of Pall Mall. Written in 1856: last published in 1893. The
first lines of the fifth stanza run, as finally revised:

"I often wander up and down,
When morning bathes the silent town
In dewy glory";

and the seventh stanza is altered to:

"My heart grows chill! Can Soul like thine,
Weary of this clear world of mine,
Have loosed its fetter,
To find a world whose promised bliss
Is better than the best of this?--
And is it better?"

These are the most important changes.

The Russet Pitcher. Last published in 1870: omitted in 1868.

The Enchanted Rose. "The Fairy Rose" in subsequent editions. Last
published in 1870: omitted in 1868.

Circumstance. Written in 1856: last published in 1893, with some
alteration. The last line runs, finally: "And--wish them at the devil."

A Wish. Last published in 1878.

My Life is a--. Last published in 1893: omitted in 1881. Practically
the same in the final version.

Vanity Fair. Last published in 1878.

Bramble-Rise. Written in 1857: last published in 1893, a good deal
altered. It is less "Praedian" than in the original form: the puns in
stanzas four and nine disappear.

Old Letters. Last published in 1878. Of all the London Lyrics this is
the most obviously reminiscent of Praed: and as such it is rejected by
Locker's final judgment. It belongs evidently to the period when "I once
tried to write like Praed."

Susannah. Last published (as "Susan") in 1872: omitted in 1868. The
first verse, slightly altered, serves as "motto" for the serious poem,
"Her quiet resting-place is far away," which is in some of the later
editions.

My Firstborn. Last published in 1878, omitted in 1868.

The Widow's Mite. Last published in 1893. In the final form of the poem
the pun is (characteristically) dropped.

St George's. Last published in 1878: omitted in 1868.

Seven Dials. Last published in 1862.

Miss Edith. Not again published.

Gretna Green. Subsequently under the title "Vae Victis": last published
in 1870.

The Four Seasons. Not again published.

Enigma. 1. / 2. } Not again published.

The Printer's Devil. Not again published.

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