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[Variant 3: The two preceding lines were added in 1845.
[Variant 3: The two preceding lines were added in 1845.
William Wordsworth
I feel this place was made for her;
To give new pleasure like the past, 70
Continued long as life shall last.
Nor am I loth, though pleased at heart,
Sweet Highland Girl! from thee to part;
For I, methinks, till I grow old,
As fair before me shall behold, 75
As I do now, the cabin small,
The lake, the bay, the waterfall;
And Thee, the Spirit of them all!
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VARIANTS ON THE TEXT
[Variant 1:
1837.
. . . this . . . 1807. ]
[Variant 2:
1827.
In truth together ye do seem 1807.
In truth, unfolding thus, ye seem 1837.
The text of 1845 returns to that of 1827.
]
[Variant 3: The two preceding lines were added in 1845. ]
[Variant 4:
1845.
Yet, dream and vision . . . 1807.
. . . or vision . . . 1837. ]
[Variant 5:
1845.
I neither know thee . .
