No More Learning

on high . . . 1819. ]


[Variant 27: 1836. The previous four lines were added in the edition of
1820, where they read as follows:

And suddenly a ruffling breeze
(That would have sounded through the trees
Had aught of sylvan growth been there)
Was felt throughout the region bare: 1820. ]


[Variant 28:

1836.

By peals of thunder, clap on clap!
And many a terror-striking flash;--
And somewhere, as it seems, a crash, 1819. ]


[Variant 29:

1820.

And rattling . . . 1819,]


[Variant 30:

1836. (Compressing six lines into four.
)

The voice, to move commiseration,
Prolong'd its earnest supplication--
"This storm that beats so furiously--
This dreadful place! oh pity me! "

While this was said, with sobs between,
And many tears, by one unseen; 1819. ]


[Variant 31:

1845.

And Benjamin, without further question,
Taking her for some way-worn rover, 1819.

And, kind to every way-worn rover,
Benjamin, without a question, 1836. ]


[Variant 32:

1820.

. . . trouble . . . 1819. ]


[Variant 33:

1845.

And to a little tent hard by
Turns the Sailor instantly; 1819.