No More Learning

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[Variant 39:

1836.

And winds, . . . 1820. ]


[Variant 40:

1836.

Yet arts are thine that soothe the unquiet heart,
And smiles to Solitude and Want impart.
I lov'd, 'mid thy most desart woods astray,
With pensive step to measure my slow way,
By lonely, silent cottage-doors to roam,
The far-off peasant's day-deserted home. 1820.

I loved by silent cottage-doors to roam,
The far-off peasant's day-deserted home; 1827.

These two lines take the place of the second and third couplets of the
1820 text quoted above. ]


[Variant 41:

1836.

Once did I pierce to where a cabin stood;
The red-breast peace had buried it in wood, 1820.

And once I pierced the mazes of a wood,
Where, far from public haunt, a cabin stood; 1827. ]


[Variant 42:

1836.
There, by the door a hoary-headed Sire
Touched with his withered hand an ancient lyre; 1820. ]


[Variant 43:

1836.

This and the following line were expanded from

Beneath an old-grey oak, as violets lie, 1820. ]


[Variant 44:

1836.

. . . joined the holy sound; 1820. ]


[Variant 45:

1836.

While . . . 1820. ]


[Variant 46:

1845.

Bend o'er th' abyss, the else impervious gloom 1820.

Hang o'er th' abyss:--.