Continual
fountains
.
Wordsworth - 1
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.
Thus does the father to his sons relate,
On the lone mountain top, their changed estate. 1815. ]
[Variant 107:
1836.
But human vices have provoked the rod 1815.
In the editions 1815-1832 this and the following line preceded lines
399-400.
[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.
Thus does the father to his sons relate,
On the lone mountain top, their changed estate. 1815. ]
[Variant 107:
1836.
But human vices have provoked the rod 1815.
In the editions 1815-1832 this and the following line preceded lines
399-400.
