The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)

Name: The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)
Author: Wordsworth, William

Wordsworth, William

English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century

Their flight the fair Moon may not see;
      For, from mid-heaven, already she                  1815.

[123] 1837.

      ... haughty ...                                    1815.

[124] _Italics_ were first used in 1837.

[125] 1837.

      ... to the cause.                                  1815.

[126] 1837.

      They shout aloud--but Heaven decreed
                 Another close
                 To that brave deed
      Which struck ...                                   1815.

[127] 1820.

      ... spreads ...                                    1815.

[128] 1820.

      ... and as seldom free                             1815.

[129] 1820.

      And from the heat of the noon-tide sun,            1815.

[130] 1837.

      They to the Watch-tower did repair,
      Commodious Pleasure-house! and there               1815.

[131] 1837.

      He was the proudest ...                            1815.

[132]

      Dead are they, they were doomed to die;
      The Sons and Father all are dead,
      All dead save One; and Emily
      No more shall seek this Watch-tower high,
      To look far forth with anxious eye,--
      She is relieved from hope and dread,
      Though suffering in extremity.

    Inserted only in the edition of 1815.

[133] _Italics_ were first used in 1820.

[134] 1837. In the editions of 1815-32 the following passage took the
place of this line:--

        She turned to him, who with his eye
      Was watching her while on the height
      She sate, or wandered restlessly,
      O'erburdened by her sorrow's weight;
      To him who this dire news had told,
      And now beside the Mourner stood;

[135] 1837.

      Then on this place the Maid had sought:
      And told, as gently as could be,
      The end of that sad Tragedy,                       1815.

[136] These two lines were added in 1827.

[137] 1827.

      ... the people cried,                              1815.

[138] 1837.

      For sake of ...                                    1815.

[139] 1837.

      He rose not in this quarrel, he
      His Father and his Brothers wooed,
      Both for their own and Country's good,
      To rest in peace--he did divide,                   1815.

[140] 1820.

      To scatter gleams ...                              1815.

[141] 1837.

               ... of ancient love,
      But most, compassion for your fate,
      Lady! for your forlorn estate,
      Me did these move, and I made bold,
      And entrance gained to that strong-hold.           1815.

               ... of ancient love;
      And, in your service, I made bold--
      And entrance gained to that strong-hold.           1820.

[142] 1837.

              ... 'We need not stop, my Son!
      But I will end what is begun;
      'Tis matter which I do not fear
      To entrust to any living ear.'                     1815.

[143] 1820.

      Had seen ...                                       1815.

[144] 1837.

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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)

Wordsworth, William

English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century

Their flight the fair Moon may not see;
      For, from mid-heaven, already she                  1815.

[123] 1837.

      ... haughty ...                                    1815.

[124] _Italics_ were first used in 1837.

[125] 1837.

      ... to the cause.                                  1815.

[126] 1837.

      They shout aloud--but Heaven decreed
                 Another close
                 To that brave deed
      Which struck ...                                   1815.

[127] 1820.

      ... spreads ...                                    1815.

[128] 1820.

      ... and as seldom free                             1815.

[129] 1820.

      And from the heat of the noon-tide sun,            1815.

[130] 1837.

      They to the Watch-tower did repair,
      Commodious Pleasure-house! and there               1815.

[131] 1837.

      He was the proudest ...                            1815.

[132]

      Dead are they, they were doomed to die;
      The Sons and Father all are dead,
      All dead save One; and Emily
      No more shall seek this Watch-tower high,
      To look far forth with anxious eye,--
      She is relieved from hope and dread,
      Though suffering in extremity.

    Inserted only in the edition of 1815.

[133] _Italics_ were first used in 1820.

[134] 1837. In the editions of 1815-32 the following passage took the
place of this line:--

        She turned to him, who with his eye
      Was watching her while on the height
      She sate, or wandered restlessly,
      O'erburdened by her sorrow's weight;
      To him who this dire news had told,
      And now beside the Mourner stood;

[135] 1837.

      Then on this place the Maid had sought:
      And told, as gently as could be,
      The end of that sad Tragedy,                       1815.

[136] These two lines were added in 1827.

[137] 1827.

      ... the people cried,                              1815.

[138] 1837.

      For sake of ...                                    1815.

[139] 1837.

      He rose not in this quarrel, he
      His Father and his Brothers wooed,
      Both for their own and Country's good,
      To rest in peace--he did divide,                   1815.

[140] 1820.

      To scatter gleams ...                              1815.

[141] 1837.

               ... of ancient love,
      But most, compassion for your fate,
      Lady! for your forlorn estate,
      Me did these move, and I made bold,
      And entrance gained to that strong-hold.           1815.

               ... of ancient love;
      And, in your service, I made bold--
      And entrance gained to that strong-hold.           1820.

[142] 1837.

              ... 'We need not stop, my Son!
      But I will end what is begun;
      'Tis matter which I do not fear
      To entrust to any living ear.'                     1815.

[143] 1820.

      Had seen ...                                       1815.

[144] 1837.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)

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