Hath reached the
precincts
.
Wordsworth - 1
.
.
shall 1815.
]
[Variant 2:
1815.
That, when the close of life draws near,
And I must quit this earthly sphere,
If in that hour a tender tie MS. ]
[Variant 3:
1845.
Thus, when the Sun, prepared for rest,
Hath gained the precincts of the West,
Though his departing radiance fail
To illuminate the hollow Vale, 1815.
Thus, from the precincts of the West,
The Sun, when sinking down to rest, 1832.
. . . while sinking . . . 1836.
Hath reached the precincts . . . MS. ]
[Variant 4:
1815.
A lingering lustre fondly throws 1832.
The edition of 1845 reverts to the reading of 1815. ]
[Variant 5:
1815.
On the dear mountain-tops . . . 1820.
The edition of 1845 returns to the text of 1815. ]
* * * * *
WRITTEN IN VERY EARLY YOUTH
Composed 1786. [A]--Published 1807 [B]
From 1807 to 1843 this was placed by Wordsworth in his group of
"Miscellaneous Sonnets. " In 1845, it was transferred to the class of
"Poems written in Youth.
[Variant 2:
1815.
That, when the close of life draws near,
And I must quit this earthly sphere,
If in that hour a tender tie MS. ]
[Variant 3:
1845.
Thus, when the Sun, prepared for rest,
Hath gained the precincts of the West,
Though his departing radiance fail
To illuminate the hollow Vale, 1815.
Thus, from the precincts of the West,
The Sun, when sinking down to rest, 1832.
. . . while sinking . . . 1836.
Hath reached the precincts . . . MS. ]
[Variant 4:
1815.
A lingering lustre fondly throws 1832.
The edition of 1845 reverts to the reading of 1815. ]
[Variant 5:
1815.
On the dear mountain-tops . . . 1820.
The edition of 1845 returns to the text of 1815. ]
* * * * *
WRITTEN IN VERY EARLY YOUTH
Composed 1786. [A]--Published 1807 [B]
From 1807 to 1843 this was placed by Wordsworth in his group of
"Miscellaneous Sonnets. " In 1845, it was transferred to the class of
"Poems written in Youth.
