The cross, by angels on the aerial rock
Planted, a flight of
laughing
demons mock.
Wordsworth - 1
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[Variant 15:
1793.
That ... 1827.
The edition of 1836 returns to the text of 1793.]
[Variant 16:
1836.
And swells the groaning torrent with his tears. 1815.
In the editions 1815-1832 lines 61, 62 followed line 66.]
[Variant 17:
1836.
Nod the cloud-piercing pines their troubled heads, 1815.]
[Variant 18:
1836.
The cross with hideous laughter Demons mock,
By angels planted on the aereal rock. 1815.
The cross, by angels on the aerial rock
Planted, a flight of
laughing
demons mock.
1832.]
