No More Learning

]


[Variant 4:

1836.

My horse trudg'd on, and we drew nigh 1800. ]


[Variant 5:

1836.

Towards the roof of Lucy's cot
The moon descended still. [a] 1800. ]


[Variant 6:

1815.

. . . the planet dropp'd. 1800. ]



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SUB-FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT

[Sub-Footnote a: Compare the lines in Arthur Hugh Clough's poem, 'The
Stream of Life':

And houses stand on either hand
And thou descendest still.

Ed. ]





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"SHE DWELT AMONG THE UNTRODDEN WAYS"


Composed 1799. --Published 1800


One of the "Poems founded on the Affections.
" In the edition of 1800 it
is entitled 'Song'. --Ed.




She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love: [1]

A violet by a mossy stone 5
Half hidden from the eye!
--Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.

She lived [2] unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be; 10
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!



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VARIANTS ON THE TEXT

[Variant 1:

1800.

A very few . . . 1802.

The text of the edition of 1805 returns to that of 1800. ]


[Variant 2: The word "lived" was italicised in the edition of 1800
only. ]





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"I TRAVELLED AMONG UNKNOWN MEN"


Composed 1799. -Published 1807


One of the "Poems founded on the Affections. "--Ed.




I travelled among unknown men,
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England!