Inverted shrubs with pale wood weeds between Cling from the moss-grown rocks, a darksome green, Save where aloft the subtle sunbeams shine And its own twilight softens the whole scene. And sparkling as it foams a small cascade Illumines from within the impervious shade Below, right in the vista of the brook, Where antique roots, etc. MS.] [Variant 19: 1845. Sole light admitted here, a small cascade, Illumes with sparkling foam the impervious shade; 1820.] [Variant 20: 1827. ... path ... 1793.] [Variant 21: 1845. Whence hangs, in the cool shade, the listless swain Lingering behind his disappearing wain. 1820.] [Variant 22: 1845. --Sweet rill, ... 1793.] [Variant 23: 1820. ... and ... 1793.] [Variant 24: 1845. And desert ... 1793] [Variant 25: 1820. How pleasant, as the yellowing sun declines, And with long rays and shades the landscape shines; To mark the birches' stems all golden light, That lit the dark slant woods with silvery white! The willow's weeping trees, that twinkling hoar, Glanc'd oft upturn'd along the breezy shore, Low bending o'er the colour'd water, fold Their moveless boughs and leaves like threads of gold; The skiffs with naked masts at anchor laid, Before the boat-house peeping thro' the shade; Th' unwearied glance of woodman's echo'd stroke; And curling from the trees the cottage smoke. Their pannier'd train ... 1793.] [Variant 26: 1845. ... zephyrs ... 1820.] [Variant 27: This stanza was added in the edition of 1820.] [Variant 28: 1845. This couplet was added in 1845.] [Variant 29: 1845. And now the universal tides repose, And, brightly blue, the burnished mirror glows, 1820.] [Variant 30: 1845. The sails are dropped, the poplar's foliage sleeps, And insects clothe, like dust, the glassy deeps. This couplet followed l. 127 from 1820 to 1843.] [Variant 31: 1820 Shot, down the headlong pathway darts his sledge; 1793.] [Variant 32: 1820. Beside their sheltering [i] cross of wall, the flock Feeds on in light, nor thinks of winter's shock; Only in the edition of 1793.] [Variant 33: 1820. Dashed down ... 1793.] [Variant 34: 1836. ... verdant ... 1793.] [Variant 35: 1820. Gazed by ... 1793.] [Variant 36: 1836. ... his warrior head. 1793.] [Variant 37: 1836. ... haggard ... 1793.] [Variant 38: 1836. Whose state, like pine-trees, waving to and fro, Droops, and o'er canopies his regal brow, This couplet was inserted in the editions 1793 to 1832.] [Variant 39: 1820. ... blows ... 1793.] [Variant 40: This couplet was first printed in the edition of 1820.] [Variant 41: 1836.