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thoughtful
Swain, upon whose head 1827.
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[Variant 131: The following lines were erased in 1836, and in all
subsequent editions:
"Here," cried a swain, whose venerable head
Bloom'd with the snow-drops of Man's narrow bed,
Last night, while by his dying fire, as clos'd
The day, in luxury my limbs repos'd,
Here Penury oft from misery's mount will guide
Ev'n to the summer door his icy tide,
And here the avalanche of Death destroy
The little cottage of domestic Joy. 1793. ]
. . . a Swain, upon whose hoary head
The "blossoms of the grave" were thinly spread, 1820.
. . .
a thoughtful Swain, upon whose head 1827. ]
[Variant 132:
1836.
But, ah! the unwilling mind . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 133:
1836.
The churlish gales, that unremitting blow
Cold from necessity's continual snow, 1820. ]
[Variant 134:
1836.
To us . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 135:
1836.
.
[Variant 131: The following lines were erased in 1836, and in all
subsequent editions:
"Here," cried a swain, whose venerable head
Bloom'd with the snow-drops of Man's narrow bed,
Last night, while by his dying fire, as clos'd
The day, in luxury my limbs repos'd,
Here Penury oft from misery's mount will guide
Ev'n to the summer door his icy tide,
And here the avalanche of Death destroy
The little cottage of domestic Joy. 1793. ]
. . . a Swain, upon whose hoary head
The "blossoms of the grave" were thinly spread, 1820.
. . .
a thoughtful Swain, upon whose head 1827. ]
[Variant 132:
1836.
But, ah! the unwilling mind . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 133:
1836.
The churlish gales, that unremitting blow
Cold from necessity's continual snow, 1820. ]
[Variant 134:
1836.
To us . . . 1820. ]
[Variant 135:
1836.
.
