[Variant 3: 1836. The mountains rise to wond'rous height, And in the heavens there is a weight; 1819. And in the heavens there hangs a weight; 1827. In the editions of 1819 to 1832, these two lines follow the line "Like the stifling of disease."] [Variant 4: 1819. ... faint ... 1836. The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.] [Variant 5: 1819. But welcome dews ... 1836. The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.] [Variant 6: 1819. ... or ... 1836. The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.] [Variant 7: 1819. Listen! you can hardly hear! Now he has left the lower ground, And up the hill his course is bending, With many a stop and stay ascending;--1836. The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.] [Variant 8: 1836. And now ... 1819.] [Variant 9: 1836. Gathering ... 1819.] [Variant 10: 1819. No;--him infirmities beset, But danger is not near him yet; 1836. The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.] [Variant 11: 1836. is he secure; 1819.] [Variant 12: 1836. full well 1819.] [Variant 13: 1836. Uncouth although the object be, An image of perplexity; Yet not the less it is our boast, 1819.] [Variant 14: 1827. ... I frame ... 1819.] [Variant 15: 1836 And never was my heart more light. 1819.] [Variant 16: 1836. ... will bless ... 1819.] [Variant 17: 1836. ... delight, ... 1819.] [Variant 18: 1836. Good proof of this the Country gain'd, One day, when ye were vex'd and strain'd-- Entrusted to another's care, And forc'd unworthy stripes to bear. 1819.] [Variant 19: 1836. (Expanding four lines into six.) Here was it--on this rugged spot Which now contented with our lot We climb--that piteously abused Ye plung'd in anger and confused: 1819.] [Variant 20: 1836. ... in your ... 1819.] [Variant 21: 1836. The ranks were taken with one mind; 1819.] [Variant 22: 1819. Our road be, narrow, steep, and rough; 1836. The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.] [Variant 23: 1836. large drops upon his head 1819.] [Variant 24: 1836. He starts-and, at the admonition, Takes a survey of his condition. 1819.] [Variant 25: 1836. A huge and melancholy room, 1819.] [Variant 26: 1836. ... on high ... 1819.] [Variant 27: 1836. The previous four lines were added in the edition of 1820, where they read as follows: And suddenly a ruffling breeze (That would have sounded through the trees Had aught of sylvan growth been there) Was felt throughout the region bare: 1820.] [Variant 28: 1836. By peals of thunder, clap on clap! And many a terror-striking flash;-- And somewhere, as it seems, a crash, 1819.] [Variant 29: 1820. And rattling ... 1819,] [Variant 30: 1836. (Compressing six lines into four.)