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They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed,
Rocked on the dizzy larch's narrow tread;
Or steal beneath loose mountains, half deterr'd,
That sigh and shudder to the lowing herd. 1815. ]


[Variant 99: This couplet was added in the edition of 1836. ]


[Variant 100:

1836.

Lines 380-385 were previously:

--I see him, up the midway cliff he creeps
To where a scanty knot of verdure peeps,
Thence down the steep a pile of grass he throws,
The fodder of his herds in winter snows. 1815. ]


[Variant 101:

1836.

. . . to what tradition hoar
Transmits of days more blest . . . 1815. ]


[Variant 102:

1845.
Then Summer lengthened out his season bland,
And with rock-honey flowed the happy land. 1815.

Then Summer lingered long; and honey flowed
Out of the rocks, the wild bees' safe abode. 1836. ]


[Variant 103:

1836.

Continual fountains . . . 1815. ]


[Variant 104:

1836.

Nor Hunger forced the herds from pastures bare
For scanty food the treacherous cliffs to dare. 1815. ]


[Variant 105:

1836.

Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand
Three times a day the pail and welcome hand. 1815. ]


[Variant 106:

1836.