No More Learning

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[Variant 7:

1815.

You . . . 1807. ]


[Variant 8:

1837.

He's in a vessel of his own,
On the swift water hurrying down
Towards the mighty Sea. 1807.

He in a vessel of his own,
On the swift flood is hurrying down 1827.

Towards the great, great Sea. MS. ]


[Variant 9:

1815.

. . .
ne'er before
Did human Creature . . . 1807. ]


[Variant 10: The following stanza was only in the edition of 1807:

Strong is the current; but be mild,
Ye waves, and spare the helpless Child!
If ye in anger fret or chafe,
A Bee-hive would be ship as safe
As that in which he sails. ]


[Variant 11:

1815.

But say, what was it? Thought of fear!
Well may ye tremble when ye hear!
--A Household Tub, like one of those,
Which women use to wash their clothes,
This carried the blind Boy. 1807. ]


[Variant 12:

1820.

And one, the rarest, was a Shell
Which he, poor Child, had studied well;
The Shell of a green Turtle, thin
And hollow;--you might sit therein.
It was so wide and deep. 1815.