1820-1832 this couplet preceded the four lines above
quoted.

Fear in his breast with holy love unites,
And the near heavens impart their own delights. 1836.]

[Variant 125:

1836.

That hut which from the hills his eyes employs
So oft, the central point of all his joys, 1815.

... his eye ... 1832.]

[Variant 126:

1836

And as a swift, by tender cares opprest,
Peeps often ere she dart into her nest,
So to the untrodden floor, where round him looks
His father, helpless as the babe he rocks,
Oft he descends to nurse the brother pair, 1820.]

[Variant 127:

1820.

Where, ... 1815.]

[Variant 128:

1836.

Rush down the living rocks with whirlwind sound. 1815.]

[Variant 129:

1820.

Content ... 1815. ]

[Variant 130:

1836.

... consecrate ... 1815.]

[Variant 131: The following lines were erased in 1836, and in all
subsequent editions:

"Here," cried a swain, whose venerable head
Bloom'd with the snow-drops of Man's narrow bed,
Last night, while by his dying fire, as clos'd
The day, in luxury my limbs repos'd,
Here Penury oft from misery's mount will guide
Ev'n to the summer door his icy tide,
And here the avalanche of Death destroy
The little cottage of domestic Joy. 1793.]

... a Swain, upon whose hoary head
The "blossoms of the grave" were thinly spread, 1820.

... a thoughtful Swain, upon whose head 1827.]

[Variant 132:

1836.

But, ah! the unwilling mind ... 1820.]

[Variant 133:

1836.

The churlish gales, that unremitting blow
Cold from necessity's continual snow, 1820.]

[Variant 134:

1836.

To us ... 1820.]

[Variant 135:

1836.

... a never-ceasing ... 1820.]

[Variant 136:

1836.

The father, as his sons of strength become
To pay the filial debt, for food to roam, 1820.]

[Variant 137:

1836.

From his bare nest ... 1820.]

[Variant 138:

1836.

His last dread pleasure! watches ... 1820.]

[Variant 139:

1836.

When the poor heart has all its joys resigned,
Why does their sad remembrance cleave behind? 1820.]

[Variant 140:

1836.

Soft o'er the waters mournful measures swell,
Unlocking tender thought's "memorial cell";
Past pleasures are trans