No More Learning

. . . footstep . . . 1819. ]


[Variant 74:

1836.

. . . along a . . . 1819.
]


[Variant 75: In the editions of 1819 and 1820 the following stanza
occurs:

The verdant pathway, in and out,
Winds upwards like a straggling chain;
And, when two toilsome miles are past,
Up through the rocks it leads at last
Into a high and open plain. ]


[Variant 76:

1827.

The . . . 1819. ]


[Variant 77:

1836.

How blank! --but whence this rustling sound
Which, all too long, the pair hath chased!
--A dancing leaf is close behind, 1819.

But whence that faintly-rustling sound 1820.

But whence this faintly rustling sound
By which the pair have long been chased? c. ]


[Variant 78:

1836.

When Peter spies the withered leaf,
It yields no cure to his distress--1819. ]


[Variant 79:

1836.