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[Variant 1:

1845.

Three years ... 1842.]

[Variant 2:

1845.

... rose and pursued ... 1842.]

[Variant 3:

1845.

... demoniac ... 1842.]

[Variant 4:

1845.

Than he who now at night-fall treads thy bare domain! 1842.]

[Variant 5:

1845.

And, from its perilous shelter driven, ... 1842.]

[Variant 6: The following stanza was only in the editions of 1798 and
1800:

By Derwent's side my Father's cottage stood,
(The Woman thus her artless story told)
One field, a flock, and what the neighbouring flood
Supplied, to him were more than mines of gold.
Light was my sleep; my days in transport roll'd:
With thoughtless joy I stretch'd along the shore
My father's nets, or watched, when from the fold
High o'er the cliffs I led my fleecy store,
A dizzy depth below! his boat and twinkling oar. 1798.

... or from the mountain fold
Saw on the distant lake his twinkling oar
Or watch'd his lazy boat still less'ning more and more. 1800.]

[Variant 7:

1842.

My father was a good and pious man,
An honest man by honest parents bred, 1798.]

[Variant 8: Stanzas XXIV. and XXV. were omitted from the editions of
1802 and 1805. They were restored in 1820.]

[Variant 9:

1842.

Can I forget what charms did once adorn
My garden, stored with pease, and mint, and thyme,
And rose and lilly for the sabbath morn?
The sabbath bells, and their delightful chime;
The gambols and wild freaks at shearing time;
My hen's rich nest through long grass scarce espied;
The cowslip-gathering at May's dewy prime;
The swans, that, when I sought the water-side,
From far to meet me came, spreading their snowy pride. 1798.

Can I forget our croft and plot of corn;
Our garden, stored ... 1836.

The cowslip-gathering in June's dewy prime; 1820.

The swans, that with white chests upheaved in pride,
Rushing and racing came to meet me at the waterside. 1836.]

[Variant 10:

1842.

... yet ... 1798.]

[Variant 11:

1802.

When ... 1798.]

[Variant 12:

1836.

My watchful dog, whose starts of furious ire,
When stranger passed, so often I have check'd; 1798.]

[Variant 13:

1845.

... would ... 1842.]

[Variant 14:

1845.

... s