[Footnote 100:
_--feelings of the Author at the sight of it--_
Inserted from 1814 to 1832.
]
[Footnote 101:
_--Brief conversation--_
Inserted from 1814 to 1832.
]
[Footnote 102: 1836
_Quit_ 1814.
]
[Footnote 103: 1827.
Than this obscure Itinerant (an obscure,
But a high-souled and tender-hearted Man)
Had skill to draw from many a ramble, far
And wide protracted, through the tamer ground 1814.
]
[Footnote 104:
And pathways winding on from farm to farm,
This line appeared only in 1814 and 1820.
]
[Footnote 105: 1836.
... beneath ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 106: 1827.
... which ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 107: 1827.
... supply: 1814.
]
[Footnote 108:
Along the field, and in the shady grove;
This line appeared only in 1814 and 1820.
]
[Footnote 109: C. and 1845.
--Greetings and smiles we met with all day long
From faces that he knew; ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 110: 1845.
... come from far. 1814.
]
[Footnote 111: This line was added in 1845.]
[Footnote 112: 1827.
Wherein his charity ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 113: 1827.
... itself ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 114: 1832.
My Fellow Traveller said with earnest voice,
As if the thought were but a moment old,
That I must yield myself without reserve
To his disposal. Glad was I of this: 1814.
My Fellow traveller claim'd with earnest voice,
As if the thought were but a moment old,
An absolute dominion for the day. 1827.
]
[Footnote 115: 1836.
... and he led towards the hills, 1814.
]
[Footnote 116: 1827.
Mount slowly, Sun! and may our journey lie
Awhile within the shadow of this hill,
This friendly hill, a shelter from thy beams! 1814.
]
[Footnote 117: 1827.
... wish;
And as that wish, with prevalence of thanks
For present good o'er fear of future ill,
Stole in among the morning's blither thoughts, 1814.
]
[Footnote 118: 1827.
... tow'rds ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 119: 1827.
... ear, did to the question yield 1814.
]
[Footnote 120: 1836.
... and ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 121: C. and 1845.
Here would I linger, and ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 122: 1827.
... will ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 123: 1845.
We must proceed--a length of journey yet
Remains untraced." ... 1814.
A length of journey yet remains untrod,
Let us proceed." ... C.
]
[Footnote 124: 1832.
Towards those craggy summits, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 125: 1827.
Upon the humblest ground of social life,
Doth at this day, I trust, the blossoms bear
Of piety and simple innocence. 1814.
]
[Footnote 126: 1827.
And, as he shewed in study forward zeal,
All helps were sought, all measures strained, that He,
By due scholastic discipline prepared,
Might to the Ministry be called: which done,
Partly through lack of better hopes--and part
Perhaps incited by a curious mind,
In early life he undertook the charge 1814.
]
[Footnote 127: 1827.
... and, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 128: 1845.
... How full their joy,
How free their love! nor did their love decay;
Nor joy abate, till, pitiable doom! 1814.
... nor did that love decay, 1827.
How free their love, till all by death was blasted
In one undreaded year, Death swept away
Two lovely ... C.
]
[Footnote 129: 1845.
... compelled
By pain to turn his thoughts towards the grave,
And face the regions of Eternity. 1814.
... compelled
To commune with the grave soul-sick, and face
With pain ... C.
]
[Footnote 130: 1827.
The ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 131: 1827.
... France!
That sudden light had power to pierce the gloom
In which his Spirit, friendless upon earth,
In separation dwelt, and solitude.
The voice of social transport ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 132: 1827.
That righteous Cause of freedom did, we know,
Combine, for one hostility, as friends, 1814.
]
[Footnote 133: 1827.
... its ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 134: 1827.
... those ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 135: 1827.
Which, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 136: 1836.
... he still ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 137: 1836.
... such ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 138: 1827.
... and ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 139: 1827.
... this gone, therewith he lost 1814.
]
[Footnote 140: 1827.
... hate!
--And thus beset, and finding in himself
Nor pleasure nor tranquillity, at last,
After a wandering course of discontent
In foreign Lands, and inwardly oppressed 1814.
]
[Footnote 141: 1845.
In self-indulging spleen, that doth not want 1814.
]
[Footnote 142: 1827.
With which my Fellow-traveller had beguiled 1814.
]
[Footnote 143: 1827.
Now, suddenly diverging, he began
To climb upon its western side a Ridge
Pathless and smooth, a long and steep ascent;
As if the object of his quest had been 1814.
]
[Footnote 144: 1845.
Of water--or some boastful Eminence, 1814.
]
[Footnote 145: 1827.
We clomb without a track to guide our steps;
And, on the summit, reached a heathy plain, 1814.
A steep ascent, and reached at length a dreary plain, MS.
]
[Footnote 146:
... region! and I walked
In weariness: ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 147: 1827.
... which ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 148: 1836.
... soft it seems to lie, 1814.
]
[Footnote 149: 1827.
On these and other kindred thoughts intent,
In silence by my Comrade's side I lay, 1814.
]
[Footnote 150: 1827.
... towards the Hut, 1814.
]
[Footnote 151: 1814.
... These words,
Said my companion, sighing as he spoke,
Were chosen by himself, God rest his soul. C.
]
[Footnote 152: 1845.
The Wanderer cried, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 153: 1814.
He is it not perhaps ... C.
]
[Footnote 154: 1836.
... upon ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 155: 1827.
... in the course I took, 1814.
]
[Footnote 156: 1827.
... aside!
It was an Entry, narrow as a door;
A passage whose brief windings opened out 1814.
]
[Footnote 157: 1827.
... a single ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 158: 1827.
Met in an angle, hung a tiny roof,
Or penthouse, which most quaintly had been framed
By thrusting two rude sticks into the wall 1814.
]
[Footnote 159: 1827.
Whose simple skill had thronged the grassy floor
With work of frame less solid, a proud show 1814.
]
[Footnote 160: 1827.
Who, having entered, carelessly looked round,
And now would have passed on; when I exclaimed, 1814.
]
[Footnote 161:
1845.
... "Gracious Heaven!"
The Wanderer cried, "it cannot but be his, 1814.
]
[Footnote 162:
1814.
"It cannot," said the Wanderer, "but be his,
And he is gone!" ... C.
]
[Footnote 163:
1827.
... here no doubt
He sometimes played with them; and here hath sate
Far oftener by himself. This Book, I guess,
Hath been forgotten in his careless way;
Left here when he was occupied in mind;
And by the Cottage Children has been found. 1814.
]
[Footnote 164:
1827.
... things;
Nor, with the knowledge which my mind possessed,
Could I behold it undisturbed: 'tis strange,
I grant, and stranger still had been to see
The Man, who was its Owner, dwelling here, 1814.
]
[Footnote 165:
1827.
... the 1814.
]
[Footnote 166:
1827.
I knew, from the appearance and the dress, 1814.
]
[Footnote 167:
1845.
A tall and meagre person, in a garb 1814.
]
[Footnote 168:
1827.
Which on a leaf he carried in his hand,
Strings of ripe currants; ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 169:
1827.
Glad was my Comrade now, though he at first,
I doubt not, had been more surprized than glad.
But now, recovered from the shock and calm,
He soberly advanced; and to the Man
Gave chearful greeting.--Vivid was the light
Which flashed at this from out the Other's eyes; 1814.
]
[Footnote 170:
1845.
He was all fire: the sickness from his face
Passed like a fancy that is swept away; 1814.
]
[Footnote 171:
1840.
... more,
And much of what had vanished was returned, 1814.
]
[Footnote 172:
1827.
... little 1814.
]
[Footnote 173:
1845.
He knows not why;--but he, perchance, this day,
Is shedding Orphan's tears; and you yourself 1814.
]
[Footnote 174: 1836.
... Often have I stopped
When on my way, I could not chuse but stop,
So much I felt the awfulness of Life, 1814.
....Often have I stopped,
So much I felt the awfulness of life, 1827.