Yon isle
conceals
.
Wordsworth - 1
]
[Variant 70:
1845.
. . . her beauty's pride
Forgets, unweary'd watching every side,
She calls them near, and with affection sweet
Alternately relieves their weary feet; 1793. ]
[Variant 71:
1836.
Long may ye roam these hermit waves that sleep,
In birch-besprinkl'd cliffs embosom'd deep;
These fairy holms untrodden, still, and green,
Whose shades protect the hidden wave serene;
Whence fragrance scents the water's desart gale,
The violet, and the [iii] lily of the vale; 1793.
Long may ye float upon these floods serene;
Yours be these holms untrodden, still, and green,
Whose leafy shades fence off the blustering gale,
Where breathes in peace the lily of the vale. 1827. ]
[Variant 72:
1820.
Where, tho' her far-off twilight ditty steal,
They not the trip of harmless milkmaid feel. 1793. ]
[Variant 73:
1836.
Yon tuft conceals your home, your cottage bow'r.
Fresh water rushes strew the verdant floor; 1793.
Yon isle conceals . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 74:
1836.
Thence issuing oft, unwieldly as ye stalk,
Ye crush with broad black feet your flow'ry walk; 1793.
Thence issuing often with unwieldly stalk,
With broad black feet ye crush your flow'ry walk; 1820. ]
[Variant 75:
1820.
Safe from your door ye hear at breezy morn, 1793. ]
[Variant 76:
1836.
. . . and mellow horn;
At peace inverted your lithe necks ye lave,
With the green bottom strewing o'er the wave;
No ruder sound your desart haunts invades,
Than waters dashing wild, or rocking shades.
Ye ne'er, like hapless human wanderers, throw
Your young on winter's winding sheet of snow. 1793.
[Variant 70:
1845.
. . . her beauty's pride
Forgets, unweary'd watching every side,
She calls them near, and with affection sweet
Alternately relieves their weary feet; 1793. ]
[Variant 71:
1836.
Long may ye roam these hermit waves that sleep,
In birch-besprinkl'd cliffs embosom'd deep;
These fairy holms untrodden, still, and green,
Whose shades protect the hidden wave serene;
Whence fragrance scents the water's desart gale,
The violet, and the [iii] lily of the vale; 1793.
Long may ye float upon these floods serene;
Yours be these holms untrodden, still, and green,
Whose leafy shades fence off the blustering gale,
Where breathes in peace the lily of the vale. 1827. ]
[Variant 72:
1820.
Where, tho' her far-off twilight ditty steal,
They not the trip of harmless milkmaid feel. 1793. ]
[Variant 73:
1836.
Yon tuft conceals your home, your cottage bow'r.
Fresh water rushes strew the verdant floor; 1793.
Yon isle conceals . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 74:
1836.
Thence issuing oft, unwieldly as ye stalk,
Ye crush with broad black feet your flow'ry walk; 1793.
Thence issuing often with unwieldly stalk,
With broad black feet ye crush your flow'ry walk; 1820. ]
[Variant 75:
1820.
Safe from your door ye hear at breezy morn, 1793. ]
[Variant 76:
1836.
. . . and mellow horn;
At peace inverted your lithe necks ye lave,
With the green bottom strewing o'er the wave;
No ruder sound your desart haunts invades,
Than waters dashing wild, or rocking shades.
Ye ne'er, like hapless human wanderers, throw
Your young on winter's winding sheet of snow. 1793.
