1836.

His wizard course where h.o.a.ry Derwent takes Thro' craggs, and forest glooms, and opening lakes, Staying his silent waves, to hear the roar That stuns the tremulous cliffs of high Lodore: Where silver rocks the savage prospect chear Of giant yews that frown on Rydale's mere; 1793.

Where Derwent stops his course to hear the roar That stuns the tremulous cliffs ... 1827.

(Omitting two lines of the 1793 text quoted above.)]

[Variant 2:

1836.

Where, bosom'd deep, the shy Winander peeps 1793.

Where, deep embosom'd, shy Winander peeps 1827.]

[Variant 3:

1836.

Fair scenes! with other eyes, than once, I gaze, The ever-varying charm your round displays, Than when, ere-while, I taught, "a happy child,"

The echoes of your rocks my carols wild: Then did no ebb of chearfulness demand Sad tides of joy from Melancholy's hand; 1793.

Upon the varying charm your round displays, 1820.]

[Variant 4:

1820.

... wild ... 1793.]

[Variant 5:

1836.

... stars of night, Alike, when first the vales the bittern fills, Or the first woodc.o.c.ks roam'd the moonlight hills. 1793.

Alike, when heard the bittern's hollow bill, Or the first woodc.o.c.ks roam'd the moonlight hill. 1820.]

[Variant 6:

1820.

Return Delights! with whom my road begun, When Life rear'd laughing up her morning sun; When Transport kiss'd away my april tear, "Rocking as in a dream the tedious year"; When link'd with thoughtless Mirth I cours'd the plain, 1793.]

[Variant 7:

1836.

For then, ev'n then, the little heart would beat 1793.]

[Variant 8:

1836.

And wild Impatience, panting upward, show'd Where tipp'd with gold the mountain-summits glow'd. 1793.]

[Variant 9:

1836.

With Hope Reflexion blends her social rays 1793.]

[Variant 10:

1820.

While, Memory at my side, I wander here, Starts at the simplest sight th' unbidden tear, A form discover'd at the well-known seat, A spot, that angles at the riv'let's feet, The ray the cot of morning trav'ling nigh, And sail that glides the well-known alders by.

Only in the edition of 1793.]

[Variant 11:

1820.

To shew her yet some joys to me remain, 1793.]

[Variant 12:

1820.

... with soft affection's ear, 1793.]

[Variant 13:

1836.

... with lights between; Gazing the tempting shades to them deny'd, When stood the shorten'd herds amid' the tide, Where, from the barren wall's unshelter'd end, Long rails into the shallow lake extend; 1793.