[Footnote 175: 1845.
... to its home,
Its final home in earth.... 1814.
... to its home,
Its final home on earth.... 1836.
]
[Footnote 176: 1836.
... towards the grave 1814.
]
[Footnote 177: 1827.
... in this Solitude,
(That seems by Nature framed to be the seat
And very bosom of pure innocence) 1814.
]
[Footnote 178: 1845.
In what it values most--the love of God 1814.
In what she values most--the love of God 1827.
And more as years are multiplied
With what she most delights in, love of God C.
]
[Footnote 179: 1836.
... Saying this he led
Towards the Cottage;--homely was the spot; 1814.
]
[Footnote 180: 1827.
... Valley's brink 1814.
]
[Footnote 181: 1827.
... that ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 182: 1845.
Was silent; and the solitary clock
Ticked, as I thought, with melancholy sound.-- 1814.
]
[Footnote 183: 1845.
We had around us! ... 1814.
Had we around us! ... 1827.
]
[Footnote 184: 1827.
... moss; and here and there
Lay, intermixed with these, mechanic tools,
And scraps of paper,--some I could perceive 1814.
]
[Footnote 185:
... the ... MS.
]
[Footnote 186: 1845.
... load 1814.
]
[Footnote 187: 1827.
... curds, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 188: 1832.
Butter that had imbibed a golden tinge,
A hue like that of yellow meadow flowers
Reflected faintly in a silent pool. 1814.
From meadow flowers, hue delicate as theirs
Faintly reflected in a lingering stream; 1827.
]
[Footnote 189:
Became ... MS.
]
[Footnote 190: 1827.
"Those lusty Twins on which your eyes are cast,"
Exclaimed our Host, "if here you dwelt, would be 1814.
]
[Footnote 191: 1827.
... frame; ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 192: 1845.
With brightening face
The Wanderer heard him speaking thus, and said, 1814.
A fall of voice,
Regretted like the Nightingale's last note,
Had scarcely closed this high-wrought Rhapsody, 1827.
Had scarcely closed this strain of thankful rapture, C.
Ere with inviting voice ... MS.
]
[Footnote 193: 1827.
... unawares
And was forgotten. Let this challenge stand
For my excuse, if what I shall relate
Tire your attention.--Outcast and cut off
As we seem here, and must have seemed to you 1814.
]
[Footnote 194: 1845.
... of ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 195: 1836.
... ordinance ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 196: 1827.
... was ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 197: 1836.
... beneath ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 198: 1827.
useful ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 199: 1827.
... from mid-noon the rain 1814.
]
[Footnote 200: 1827.
... mountain 1814.
]
[Footnote 201: 1827.
Came not, and now perchance upon the Heights 1814.
]
[Footnote 202: 1827.
... or ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 203: 1827.
Till, chancing by yon ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 204: 1827.
And wholly without roof (in ancient time
It was a Chapel, a small Edifice
In which the Peasants of these lonely Dells
For worship met upon that central height)--
Chancing to pass this wreck of stones, we there
Espied at last the Object of our search,
Couched in a nook, and seemingly alive.
It would have moved you, had you seen the guise
In which he occupied his chosen bed, 1814.
]
[Footnote 205: 1836.
... the Shepherds homeward ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 206: 1827.
... dreaming soul!
--Though I am conscious that no power of words
Can body forth, no hues of speech can paint
That gorgeous spectacle--too bright and fair
Even for remembrance; yet the attempt may give
Collateral interest to this homely Tale.
The Appearance, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 207: 1845.
... wondrous ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 208: 1836.
Beneath ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 209: 1845.
Below me was the earth; this little Vale 1814.
]
[Footnote 210: 1836.
Beside a genial fire; that seemed to spread
A gleam of comfort o'er his pallid face. 1814.
]