threads of gold;
The skiffs with naked masts at anchor laid,
Before the boat-house peeping thro' the shade;
Th' unwearied glance of woodman's echo'd stroke;
And curling from the trees the cottage smoke.
Their pannier'd train ... 1793.]

[Variant 26:

1845.

... zephyrs ... 1820.]

[Variant 27: This stanza was added in the edition of 1820.]

[Variant 28:

1845.

This couplet was added in 1845.]

[Variant 29:

1845.

And now the universal tides repose,
And, brightly blue, the burnished mirror glows, 1820.]

[Variant 30:

1845.

The sails are dropped, the poplar's foliage sleeps,
And insects clothe, like dust, the glassy deeps.

This couplet followed l. 127 from 1820 to 1843.]

[Variant 31:

1820

Shot, down the headlong pathway darts his sledge; 1793.]

[Variant 32:

1820.

Beside their sheltering [i] cross of wall, the flock
Feeds on in light, nor thinks of winter's shock;

Only in the edition of 1793.]

[Variant 33:

1820.

Dashed down ... 1793.]

[Variant 34:

1836.

... verdant ... 1793.]

[Variant 35:

1820.

Gazed by ... 1793.]

[Variant 36:

1836.

... his warrior head. 1793.]

[Variant 37:

1836.

... haggard ... 1793.]

[Variant 38:

1836.

Whose state, like pine-trees, waving to and fro,
Droops, and o'er canopies his regal brow,

This couplet was inserted in the editions 1793 to 1832.]

[Variant 39:

1820.

... blows ... 1793.]

[Variant 40: This couplet was first printed in the edition of 1820.]

[Variant 41:

1836.

Bright'ning the cliffs between where sombrous pine,
And yew-trees ... 1793.]

[Variant 42:

1836.

How busy the enormous hive within, 1793.]

[Variant 43:

1836.

... with the ... 1793.]

[Variant 44:

1836.

Some hardly heard their chissel's clinking sound, 1793.]

[Variant 45:

1836.

... th' aereal ... 1793.]

[Variant 46:

1815.

... viewless ... 1793.]

[Variant 47:

1836.

Glad from their airy baskets hang and sing. 1793.]

[Variant 48:

1836.

Hung o'er a cloud, above the steep that rears 1793.]

[Variant 49:

1820.

It's ... 1793.]

[Variant 50:

1845.

And now it