he huddling rill
Brightens with water-breaks the sombrous ghyll, 1836.]

[Variant 17:

1820.

To where, while thick above the branches close,
In dark-brown bason its wild waves repose,
Inverted shrubs, and moss of darkest green,
Cling from the rocks, with pale wood-weeds between;
Save that, atop, the subtle sunbeams shine,
On wither'd briars that o'er the craggs recline;
Sole light admitted here, a small cascade,
Illumes with sparkling foam the twilight shade.
Beyond, along the visto of the brook,
Where antique roots its bustling path o'erlook,
The eye reposes on a secret bridge
Half grey, half shagg'd with ivy to its ridge.
--Sweet rill, farewel! ... 1793.]

[Variant 18:

1845.

But see aloft the subtle sunbeams shine,
On withered briars that o'er the crags recline;
Thus beautiful! as if the sight displayed,
By its own sparkling foam that small cascade;
Inverted shrubs, with moss of gloomy green
Cling from the rocks, with pale wood-weeds between. C.

Inverted shrubs with pale wood weeds between
Cling from the moss-grown rocks, a darksome green,
Save where aloft the subtle sunbeams shine
And its own twilight softens the whole scene.
And sparkling as it foams a small cascade
Illumines from within the impervious shade
Below, right in the vista of the brook,
Where antique roots, etc. MS.]

[Variant 19:

1845.

Sole light admitted here, a small cascade,
Illumes with sparkling foam the impervious shade; 1820.]

[Variant 20:

1827.

... path ... 1793.]

[Variant 21:

1845.

Whence hangs, in the cool shade, the listless swain
Lingering behind his disappearing wain. 1820.]

[Variant 22:

1845.

--Sweet rill, ... 1793.]

[Variant 23:

1820.

... and ... 1793.]

[Variant 24:

1845.

And desert ... 1793]

[Variant 25:

1820.

How pleasant, as the yellowing sun declines,
And with long rays and shades the landscape shines;
To mark the birches' stems all golden light,
That lit the dark slant woods with silvery white!
The willow's weeping trees, that twinkling hoar,
Glanc'd oft upturn'd along the breezy shore,
Low bending o'er the colour'd water, fold
Their moveless boughs and leaves like