Then Summer
lingered
long; and honey flowed
Out of the rocks, the wild bees' safe abode.
Out of the rocks, the wild bees' safe abode.
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[Variant 99: This couplet was added in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 100:
1836.
Lines 380-385 were previously:
--I see him, up the midway cliff he creeps
To where a scanty knot of verdure peeps,
Thence down the steep a pile of grass he throws,
The fodder of his herds in winter snows. 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 99: This couplet was added in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 100:
1836.
Lines 380-385 were previously:
--I see him, up the midway cliff he creeps
To where a scanty knot of verdure peeps,
Thence down the steep a pile of grass he throws,
The fodder of his herds in winter snows. 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.