English poem
Variants On The Text
[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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