The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 2 eBook

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VARIANTS ON THE TEXT

[Variant 1: 

1827.

  ... which, ... 1807.

And in MS. letter from Coleridge to Sir George Beaumont, 1802.[i]]

[Variant 2: 

1820.

  ... singing ... 1807.

And MS. 1802.]

[Variant 3: 

1807.

  ... happy ...  MS. 1802.]

[Variant 4: 

1807.

  And they who lived in genial faith found nought
  that grew more willingly than genial good; MS. 1802.]

[Variant 5: 

1815.

  ... who perished in his pride; MS. 1802.

  ... that perished in its pride; 1807.]

[Variant 6: 

1820.

  Behind his plough, upon the mountain-side:  1807.

And MS. 1802.]

[Variant 7: 

1836.

  ... comes ... 1807.

And MS. 1802.]

[Variant 8: 

1807.

  ... was ...  MS. 1802.]

[Variant 9: 

1807.

  ... that ...  MS. 1802.]

[Variant 10: 

1820.

  When up and down my fancy thus was driven,
  And I with these untoward thoughts had striven, 1807.

And MS. 1802.]

[Variant 11: 

1807.

  I spied ...  MS. 1802.]

[Variant 12: 

  My course I stopped as soon as I espied
  The Old Man in that naked wilderness: 
  Close by a Pond, upon the further side, [i]
  He stood alone:  a minute’s space I guess
  I watch’d him, he continuing motionless: 
  To the Pool’s further margin then I drew;
  He being all the while before me full in view. [ii] 1807.

This stanza, which appeared in the editions of 1807 and 1815, was, on
Coleridge’s advice, omitted from subsequent ones.]

[Variant 13: 

1807.

  ... that ...  MS. 1802.]

[Variant 14: 

1820.

  ... which ... 1807.

And MS. 1802.]

[Variant 15: 

1820.

  ... in their pilgrimage 1807.

And MS. 1802.]

[Variant 16: 

1807.

  ... his age ...  MS. 1802.]

[Variant 17: 

1836.

  Himself he propp’d, both body, limbs, and face, MS. 1802.

  ... his body, ... 1807.]

[Variant 18: 

1820.

  Beside the little pond or moorish flood 1807.

And MS. 1802.]

[Variant 19.

1807.

  ... moves . .  MS. 1802.]

[Variant 20.

  He wore a Cloak the same as women wear
  As one whose blood did needful comfort lack;
  His face look’d pale as if it had grown fair;
  And, furthermore he had upon his back,
  Beneath his cloak, a round and bulky Pack;
  A load of wool or raiment as might seem. 
  That on his shoulders lay as if it clave to him.

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