The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 2 (of 8)Wordsworth, William
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 2 (of 8)
Wordsworth, William
English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century
And to that place a story appertains,
Which, though it be ungarnish'd with events,
Is not unfit, ... 1800.]
[Variant 5:
1827.
... It was the first,
The earliest of those tales ... 1800.]
[Variant 6:
1827.
... he had learn'd ... 1800.]
[Variant 7:
1836.
... the hills, which he so oft
Had climb'd with vigorous steps; ... 1800.]
[Variant 8:
1832.
... linking to such acts,
So grateful in themselves, the certainty
Of honourable gains; these fields, these hills
Which were his living Being, even more
Than his own Blood--what could they less? had laid 1800.
... gain ... 1805.]
[Variant 9:
1815.
He had not passed his days in singleness.
He had a Wife, a comely Matron, old 1800.]
[Variant 10:
1836.
... their ... 1800.]
[Variant 11:
1836.
... their ... 1800.]
[Variant 12:
1836.
... their ... 1800.]
[Variant 13:
1827.
Which ... 1800.]
[Variant 14:
1836.
Did with a huge projection overbrow 1800.]
[Variant 15:
1827.
... was in his ... 1800.]
[Variant 16:
1836.
... while late ... 1800.]
[Variant 17:
Not with a waste of words, but for the sake
Of pleasure, which I know that I shall give
To many living now, I of this Lamp
Speak thus minutely: for there are no few
Whose memories will bear witness to my tale.
These lines appeared only in the editions of 1800 and 1802.]
[Variant 18:
1815.
The ... 1800.]
[Variant 19:
1832.
The ... 1800.]
[Variant 20:
1827.
... yet more dear--
Effect which might perhaps have been produc'd
By that instinctive tenderness, ... 1800.]
[Variant 21:
1836.
Blind Spirit, which is in the blood of all, 1800.]
[Variant 22:
1827.
Or ... 1800.]
[Variant 23: This line was first printed in the edition of 1836.]
[Variant 24:
From such, and other causes, to the thoughts
Of the old Man his only Son was now
The dearest object that he knew on earth.
Only in the editions of 1800 to 1820.]
[Variant 25:
1827.
For dalliance ... 1800.]
[Variant 26:
1836.
His cradle with a woman's gentle hand. 1800.]
[Variant 27:
1836.
... when he
Had work by his own door, or when he sate
With sheep before him on his Shepherd's stool,
Beneath that large old Oak, which near their door
Stood, and from its enormous breadth of shade 1800.]
[Variant 28:
1815.
While this good household thus were living on 1800.
While in the fashion which I have described
This simple Household thus were living on 1800 (2nd issue).]
[Variant 29:
1836.
As soon as he had gather'd so much strength
That he could look his trouble in the face,
It seem'd that his sole refuge was to sell 1800.]
[Variant 30:
1827.
... itself 1800.]
[Variant 31:
1836.
May come again to us ... 1800.]
[Variant 32: Italics were first used in 1827.]
[Variant 33:
1836.
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