[Footnote 510: 1827.
_Second Marriage of a Widower prudential and happy._ 1814.
]
[Footnote 511: 1832.
... as long as sea ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 512: 1827.
... of English Hearts,
That can perceive, not less than heretofore
Our Ancestors did feelingly perceive, 1814.
]
[Footnote 513: 1836.
... their minds 1814.
]
[Footnote 514: 1827.
... ambition's ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 515: 1827.
And ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 516: 1845.
Of reverence to the spirit of the place; 1814.
]
[Footnote 517: 1827.
A Visitor--intent upon the task
Of prying, low and high, for herbs and flowers: 1814.
]
[Footnote 518: 1836.
... that he was crazed in brain
By unrequited love; and scaled the rocks, 1814.
]
[Footnote 519: 1836.
"Believe it not--oh! never could that be!" 1814.
]
[Footnote 520: 1827.
... and pined
When he had told his love, and sued in vain, 1814.
]
[Footnote 521: 1827.
... Beauty wears,
_That_ he could brook, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 522: 1827.
... but the Maid was gone!
She, whose dear name with unregarded sighs
He long had blessed, whose Image was preserved--
Shrined in his breast with fond idolatry,
Had vanished ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 523: 1845.
... as misery is mine!' 1814.
]
[Footnote 524:
... seek for truth MS.
]
[Footnote 525: 1827.
... circumspect and slow.
Of rustic Parents bred, He had been trained,
(So prompted their aspiring wish) to skill
In numbers and the sedentary art
Of penmanship,--with pride professed, and taught
By his endeavours in the mountain dales.
Now, those sad tidings weighing on his heart,
To books, and papers, and the studious desk,
He stoutly re-addressed himself--resolved
To quell his pain, and enter on the path
Of old pursuits with keener appetite
And closer industry. Of what ensued
Within his soul, ... 1814.
Within his heart ... MS.
]
[Footnote 526: 1836.
Within their souls, a fount of grace divine; 1814.
]
[Footnote 527: 1827.
... which ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 528: 1832.
Will cover him; in height of strength--to earth 1814.
]
[Footnote 529: 1827.
Some farewell words; and, with those words, a prayer 1814.
]
[Footnote 530: 1827.
A Book, upon the surface of whose leaves
Some chosen plants, disposed with nicest care, 1814.
]
[Footnote 531: 1827.
One whose Endeavours did at length achieve
A victory less worthy of regard,
Though marvellous in its kind. A Place exists 1814.
]
[Footnote 532: 1836.
In search of treasure there by Nature formed,
And there concealed: but they who tried were foiled, 1814.
... to unite their pains
In search of precious ore: who tried were foiled, 1827.
]
[Footnote 533: 1827.
... save he alone;
Who ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 534: 1827.
... to the view
Of the Old Man, and to his trembling grasp,
His bright, his long-deferred, his dear reward. 1814.
... his long deferred reward. MS.
]
[Footnote 535: 1836.
Of schemes and wishes; in the day-light walked 1814.
]
[Footnote 536: 1827.
... which ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 537: 1840.
... more light than He; 1814.
]
[Footnote 538: 1827.
Amid these wilds; a composition framed
Of qualities so adverse--to diffuse,
Where'er he moved, diversified delight;
A simple answer may suffice, even this,
'Twas Nature's will; ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 539: 1827.
And the Owl's Prey; none permanently house
But many harbour; from these Haunts, to which 1814.
]
[Footnote 540: 1827.
... sunk ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 541: 1832.
Not ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 542: 1827.
--Truths I record to many known, for such
The not unfrequent tenor of his boast 1814.
]
[Footnote 543: 1836.
... of different kind: 1814.
]
[Footnote 544: 1836.
... with those who sleep." 1814.
... with them who sleep." 1827.
]
[Footnote 545: 1827.
... who ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 546: 1827.
... He could not pine,
Whencee'er rejected howsoe'er forlorn,
Through lack of converse, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 547: 1845.
Even by this ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 548: 1836.
Under ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 549: 1836.
... beneath a _borrowed_ name, 1814.
]
[Footnote 550: 1827.
Which ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 551: 1836.
... these ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 552: 1845.
Such change towards ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 553: 1827.
... which should stand
For public use; and also might survive 1814.
]
[Footnote 554: 1827.
... as might seem,
Than suits this Place; ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 555: Italics were first used in 1827.]
[Footnote 556: 1845.
... of Prometheus chained?
The Vulture-- ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 557: 1836.
... beneath ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 558: 1827.
Beyond the limits of these humble graves,
Of strange disasters; ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 559: 1827.
For, though from these materials might be framed
Harsh portraiture, in which a vulgar face 1814.
]
[Footnote 560: 1820.
... may at once 1814.
]
[Footnote 561: 1836.
... records ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 562: 1836.
Depository ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 563: 1836.
Than fondest Epitaphs: for, if it fail, 1814.
Than fondest epitaphs: for, if that fail, 1827.
]
[Footnote 564: 1827.
... which ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 565: 1832.
That 'twas ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 566: 1836.
... will I single out ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 567: 1827.
Than the ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 568: 1827.
Or in ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 569: This line was first inserted in 1845.]
[Footnote 570: 1845.
While ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 571: 1827.
And saturnine; her port erect, her head
Not absolutely raised, as if to hold 1814.
]
[Footnote 572: 1827.
... yet rather framed 1814.
]
[Footnote 573: 1832.
... as sovereign Queen
Among her Play-mates; ... 1814.
... as sovereign queen
'Mid her companions; ... 1827.
]
[Footnote 574: 1827.
... else their simple sports
Had wanted power to occupy a mind
Held in subjection by a strong controul
Of studious application, self-imposed.
Books were her creditors; to them she paid,
With pleasing, anxious eagerness, the hours
Which they exacted; were it time allowed,
Or seized upon by stealth, or fairly won,
By stretch of industry, from other tasks. 1814.
]
[Footnote 575: 1827.
... them 1814.
]
[Footnote 576: 1827.
... or efface 1814.
]
[Footnote 577: 1832.
... or impaired. 1814.
]
[Footnote 578: 1836.
... unrelenting ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 579:
... the hand
Grew slack in alms-giving, the heart itself MS.
]
[Footnote 580: 1827.
... Ah! there she felt,
Indignantly, the weakness of her sex,
The injustice of her low estate.--She mused;
Resolved, adhered to her resolve; her heart
Closed by degrees to charity; and, thence
Expecting not Heaven's blessing, placed her trust 1814.
]
[Footnote 581: 1836.
In ceaseless pains and parsimonious care,
Which got, and sternly hoarded each day's gain. 1814.
]
[Footnote 582:
Yet ... MS.
]
[Footnote 583: 1836.
... pang which it deplored. 1814.
]
[Footnote 584: 1836
Down rocky mountains--buried now and lost
In silent pools, unfathomably deep;-- 1814.
... and now in eddies chained,-- 1827.
... now in strong eddies chained,-- 1832.
]
[Footnote 585: 1827.
Now in a moment starting forth again
With violence, and proud of its escape;--
Until it sink once more, by slow degrees,
Or instantly, into as dark repose. 1814.
]
[Footnote 586: 1845.
This was the dying ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 587: 1845
... when I am gone?
"Sit by my fire--possess what I possessed--
"Tend what I tended-- 1814.
]
[Footnote 588: 1827.
... too much.--Of nobler feeling
Take this example.--One autumnal evening 1814.
]
[Footnote 589: 1845.
Musing ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 590: 1845.
"And safe from all our sorrows."--She is safe,
And her uncharitable acts, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 591: 1827.
The Vicar paused; and tow'rds a seat advanced,
A long stone-seat, framed in the Church-yard wall;
Part under shady sycamore, and part
Offering a place of rest in pleasant sunshine,
Even as may suit the comers old or young 1814.
]
[Footnote 592: 1836.
To this commodious resting-place he led;
Where, by his side, we all sate down; 1814.
Under the shade we all sate down; ... 1827.
]
[Footnote 593: 1827.
Then, on that mold, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 594: 1832.
... or ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 595: 1845.
Yea, doubtless, on the turf ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 596: 1814.
At prayer, a weeping Magdalene. C.
]
[Footnote 597: 1827.
Upon the pathway, of her mournful tread;
Nor of that pace with which she once had moved
In virgin fearlessness, a step that seemed 1814.
]
[Footnote 598: 1827.
... wet ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 599: 1827.
When first the Hunter's startling horn is heard
Upon the golden hills. A spreading Elm
Stands in our Valley, called THE JOYFUL TREE:
An Elm distinguished by that festive name, 1814.
]
[Footnote 600: 1836.
It was the season sweet, of budding leaves,
Of days advancing tow'rds their utmost length,
And small birds singing to their happy mates.
Wild is the music of the autumnal wind
Among the faded woods; but these blithe notes 1814.
Of days advancing toward ... 1832.
]
[Footnote 601: 1827.
... of summer days,
And their long twilight!--friendly to that stealth
With which she slipped into the Cottage-barn,
And found a secret oratory there;
Or, in the garden, pored upon her book 1814.
]
[Footnote 602: 1845.
... of open sky,
Till the dark night ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 603: 1814.
... kindled ... C.
]
[Footnote 604: 1845.
She looked ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 605: 1827.
Far sweeter than bewildered Traveller feels
Upon a perilous waste, where all night long
Through darkness he hath toiled and fearful storm, 1814.
]
[Footnote 606: 1845.
... and, henceforth, I look
Upon the light with cheerfulness, for thee 1814.
]
[Footnote 607: 1836.
The sweet affection.... 1814.
]
[Footnote 608: 1845.
And with contented spirit undertook 1814.
]
[Footnote 609: 1814.
... thoughts MS.
]
[Footnote 610: 1827.
... doomed to feel.
In selfish blindness, for I will not say
In naked and deliberate cruelty, 1814.
]
[Footnote 611: 1827.
... with her own.
They argued that such meeting would disturb
The Mother's mind, distract her thoughts, and thus
Unfit her for her duty--in which dread,
Week after week, the mandate was enforced. 1814.
]
[Footnote 612: 1836.
And whatsoe'er the errand, urged her steps:
Hither she came; and here she stood, or knelt 1814.
... here stood, and sometimes knelt 1832.
]
[Footnote 613: 1827.
... raised, 1814.
]
[Footnote 614: 1845.
--The bodily frame was wasted day by day; 1814.
]
[Footnote 615: 1827.
... these ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 616: 1845.
Beneath ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 617: 1827.
... in which she dwelt. 1814.
]
[Footnote 618: 1836.
... although ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 619:
And its ... MS.
]
[Footnote 620: 1827.
There doth he lie.--In this his native Vale
He owned and tilled a little plot of land;
Here, with his Consort and his Children, saw
Days--that were seldom crossed by petty strife,
Years--safe from large misfortune; and maintained
That course which minds, of insight not too keen,
Might look on with entire complacency.
Yet, in himself and near him, there were faults
At work to undermine his happy state
By sure, though tardy progress. Active, prompt,
And lively was the Housewife; in the Vale
None more industrious; but her industry
Ill-judged, full oft, and specious, tended more
To splendid neatness; to a shewy, trim,
And overlaboured purity of house;
Than to substantial thrift. He, on his part,
Generous and easy-minded, was not free
From carelessness; and thus, in lapse of time,
These joint infirmities induced decay
Of worldly substance; and distress of mind,
That to a thoughtful Man was hard to shun,
And which he could not cure. A blooming Girl
Served in the house, a Favourite that had grown
Beneath his eye, encouraged by his care.
Poor now in tranquil pleasure he gave way
To thoughts of troubled pleasure; he became
A lawless Suitor to the Maid; and she
Yielded unworthily.--Unhappy Man! 1814.
]
[Footnote 621: 1827.
Which, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 622: 1827
... which ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 623: 1827.
... the scatterings ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 624: 1845.
... from the sight
Of the Bees murmuring round their sheltered hives
In that Enclosure; while the mountain rill, 1814.
]
[Footnote 625: 1827.
Flows on in solitude from year to year.
--But at the closing-in of night, then most
This Dwelling charms me. Covered by the gloom,
Then, in my walks, I oftentimes stop short, 1814.
]
[Footnote 626: 1832.
The Wife, who rests beneath that turf, from which 1814.
]