The distant clock forgot, and chilling dew,
Pleas'd thro' the dusk their
breaking
smiles to view,
Only in the edition of 1793.
Wordsworth - 1
--Alas! all light ... 1836.
Those eight lines were withdrawn in 1845.]
[Variant 80:
1836.
... painful ... 1793.]
[Variant 81:
1820.
The distant clock forgot, and chilling dew,
Pleas'd thro' the dusk their
breaking
smiles to view,
Only in the edition of 1793.
]
[Variant 82:
1836.
... on her lap to play
Delighted, with the glow-worm's harmless ray
Toss'd light from hand to hand; while on the ground
Small circles of green radiance gleam around. 1793.]
[Variant 83:
1836.
Oh! when the bitter showers her path assail,
And roars between the hills the torrent gale, 1793.
