No More Learning

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[Variant 53:

1819.

. . . the gallows . . . 1832.

The text of 1836 returns to that of 1819. ]


[Variant 54:

1836.

Or a gay ring of shining fairies,
Such as pursue their brisk vagaries 1819. ]


[Variant 55: In the two editions of 1819 only.

Is it a party in a parlour?
Cramm'd just as they on earth were cramm'd--
Some sipping punch, some sipping tea,
But, as you by their faces see,
All silent and all damn'd! [a]]


[Variant 56:

1827.
A throbbing pulse the Gazer hath--
Puzzled he was, and now is daunted; 1819. ]


[Variant 57:

1836.

Like one intent upon a book--1819. ]


[Variant 58:

1836.

And drops, a senseless weight, . . . 1819. ]


[Variant 59:

1827.

A happy respite! --but he wakes;--
And feels the glimmering of the moon--
And to stretch forth his hands is trying;--
Sure, when he knows where he is lying,
He'll sink into a second swoon. 1819. ]


[Variant 60:

1827.

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