The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 540 pages of information about The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1.

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 540 pages of information about The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1.

[Variant 151: 

1836.

    For ye are drawing tow’rd that sacred floor,
    Where the charmed worm of pain shall gnaw no more. 1820.

    While they are drawing toward the sacred floor 1827.]

[Variant 152: 

1827.

    ... for you ... 1820.]

[Variant 153: 

1836.

   —­Now with a tearful kiss each other greet,
    Nor longer naked be your toil-worn feet, 1820.

    There some with tearful kiss each other greet,
    And some, with reverence, wash their toil-worn feet. 1827.]

[Variant 154: 

1836.

    Yes I will see you when you first behold 1820.

    ... ye ... 1827.]

[Variant 155:  This couplet was added in 1836.]

[Variant 156: 

1836.

    ... the hands ... 1820.]

[Variant 157: 

1836.

    Last let us turn to where Chamouny shields, 1820.]

[Variant 158: 

1827.

    Bosomed in gloomy woods, ... 1820.]

[Variant 159: 

1836.

    Here lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fann’d,
    Here all the Seasons revel hand in hand. 1820.]

[Variant 160: 

1836.

   —­Red stream the cottage-lights; the landscape fades,
    Erroneous wavering mid the twilight shades.

Inserted in the editions 1820 to 1832.]

[Variant 161: 

1836.

    Alone ascends that Mountain named of white, 1820.

    Alone ascends that Hill of matchless height, 1827.]

[Variant 162: 

1836.

    ... amid ... 1820.]

[Variant 163: 

1836.

    Mysterious ... 1820.]

[Variant 164: 

1836.

    ... ’mid ... 1820.]

[Variant 165: 

1836.

    At such an hour I heaved a pensive sigh,
    When roared the sullen Arve in anger by, 1820.]

[Variant 166: 

1836.

    ... delicious ... 1820.]

[Variant 167: 

1836.

    Hard lot!—­for no Italian arts are thine
    To cheat, or chear, to soften, or refine. 1820.

    To soothe or cheer, ... 1827.]

[Variant 168: 

1836.

    Beloved Freedom! were it mine to stray,
    With shrill winds roaring ... 1820.]

[Variant 169: 

1836.

    O’er ... 1820.]

[Variant 170: 

1836.

(Compressing four lines into two.)

... o’er Lugano blows; In the wide ranges of many a varied round, Fleet as my passage was, I still have found That where proud courts their blaze of gems display, The lilies of domestic joy decay, 1820.

    That where despotic courts their gems display, 1827.]

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