But human vices have
provoked
the rod 1815.
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[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 107:
1836.
But human vices have provoked the rod 1815.
In the editions 1815-1832 this and the following line preceded lines
399-400. They took their final position in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 108:
1836.
. . . whose vales and mountains round 1820. ]
[Variant 109:
1836.
(Compressing eight lines into six. )
. . . to awful silence bound.
A gulf of gloomy blue, that opens wide
And bottomless, divides the midway tide.
Like leaning masts of stranded ships appear
The pines that near the coast their summits rear;
Of cabins, woods, and lawns a pleasant shore
Bounds calm and clear the chaps still and hoar;
Loud thro' that midway gulf ascending, sound
Unnumber'd streams with hollow roar profound: 1820.
[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 107:
1836.
But human vices have provoked the rod 1815.
In the editions 1815-1832 this and the following line preceded lines
399-400. They took their final position in the edition of 1836. ]
[Variant 108:
1836.
. . . whose vales and mountains round 1820. ]
[Variant 109:
1836.
(Compressing eight lines into six. )
. . . to awful silence bound.
A gulf of gloomy blue, that opens wide
And bottomless, divides the midway tide.
Like leaning masts of stranded ships appear
The pines that near the coast their summits rear;
Of cabins, woods, and lawns a pleasant shore
Bounds calm and clear the chaps still and hoar;
Loud thro' that midway gulf ascending, sound
Unnumber'd streams with hollow roar profound: 1820.
