No More Learning

. 1798. ]


[Variant 2: In editions 1798 to 1815 the following is inserted:

Of years he has upon his back,
No doubt, a burthen weighty;
He says he is three score and ten,
But others say he's eighty.

A long blue livery-coat has he,
That's fair behind, and fair before;
Yet, meet him where you will, you see
At once that he is poor. ]


[Variant 3:

1827.

. . . five and twenty . . . 1798. ]


[Variant 4:

1845.

And, though he has but one eye left,
His cheek is like a cherry. 1798.
And still the centre of his cheek
Is blooming as a cherry. 1820. ]


[Variant 5:

1827.

No man like him the horn could sound,
And no man was so full of glee;
To say the least, four counties round
Had heard of Simon Lee;
His master's dead, and no one now
Dwells in the hall of Ivor;
Men, dogs, and horses, all are dead;
He is the sole survivor. 1798.

Worn out by hunting feats--bereft
By time of friends and kindred, see!
Old Simon to the world is left
In liveried poverty.
His Master's dead, . . . 1827.

The fourth stanza of the final edition being second in 1827, and the
second stanza being third in 1827. ]


[Variant 6:

1827.

. . .