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The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

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1819.

  Listen! you can hardly hear! 
  Now he has left the lower ground,
  And up the hill his course is bending,
  With many a stop and stay ascending;—­1836.

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

[Variant 8: 

1836.

  And now ... 1819.]

[Variant 9: 

1836.

  Gathering ... 1819.]

[Variant 10: 

1819.

  No;—­him infirmities beset,
  But danger is not near him yet; 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.]

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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.]

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