est, near their little plots of wheaten glade; 1820.

Ye lovely forms that in the noontide shade
Rest near their little plots of wheaten glade. C.]

[Variant 38:

1845.

Those charms that bind ... 1820.]

[Variant 39:

1836.

And winds, ... 1820.]

[Variant 40:

1836.

Yet arts are thine that soothe the unquiet heart,
And smiles to Solitude and Want impart.
I lov'd, 'mid thy most desart woods astray,
With pensive step to measure my slow way,
By lonely, silent cottage-doors to roam,
The far-off peasant's day-deserted home. 1820.

I loved by silent cottage-doors to roam,
The far-off peasant's day-deserted home; 1827.

These two lines take the place of the second and third couplets of the
1820 text quoted above.]

[Variant 41:

1836.

Once did I pierce to where a cabin stood;
The red-breast peace had buried it in wood, 1820.

And once I pierced the mazes of a wood,
Where, far from public haunt, a cabin stood; 1827.]

[Variant 42:

1836.

There, by the door a hoary-headed Sire
Touched with his withered hand an ancient lyre; 1820.]

[Variant 43:

1836.

This and the following line were expanded from

Beneath an old-grey oak, as violets lie, 1820.]

[Variant 44:

1836.

... joined the holy sound; 1820.]

[Variant 45:

1836.

While ... 1820.]

[Variant 46:

1845.

Bend o'er th' abyss, the else impervious gloom 1820.

Hang o'er th' abyss:--... 1827.

... the abyss:--... 1832.]

[Variant 47:

1836.

Freshening the waste of sand with shades and springs.
--_She_, solitary, through the desart drear
Spontaneous wanders, hand in hand with Fear. 1820.

By choice or doom a gipsy wanders here,
Companionless, or hand in hand with fear;
Lo! where she sits beneath yon shaggy rock,
A cowering shape half-seen through curling smoke. MS.]

[Variant 48:

1836.

The Grison gypsey here her tent hath placed,
Sole human tenant of the piny waste;
Her tawny skin, dark eyes, and glossy locks,
Bend o'er the smoke that curls beneath the rocks.[iii] 1820.]

[Variant 49:

1845.

Lines 179-185 were substituted in 1845 for

A giant moan along the forest swells
Protracted, and the twilight storm foretels,