[Variant 171:
1836.
In thy dear ... 1820.]
[Variant 172: The previous three lines were added in the edition of 1836.]
[Variant 173:
1836.
The casement’s shed
more luscious woodbine binds,
And to the door a neater pathway
winds; 1820.]
[Variant 174:
1836.
(Compressing six lines into two.)
At early morn, the careful
housewife, led
To cull her dinner from its
garden bed,
Of weedless herbs a healthier
prospect sees,
While hum with busier joy
her happy bees;
In brighter rows her table
wealth aspires,
And laugh with merrier blaze
her evening fires; 1820.]
[Variant 175:
1836.
Her infants’ cheeks
with fresher roses glow,
And wilder graces sport around
their brow; 1820.]
[Variant 176:
1836.
(Compressing four lines into two.)
By clearer taper lit, a cleanlier
board
Receives at supper hour her
tempting hoard;
The chamber hearth with fresher
boughs is spread,
And whiter is the hospitable
bed. 1820.]
[Variant 177:
1845.
(Compressing four lines into two.)
And oh, fair France!
though now along the shade
Where erst at will the grey-clad
peasant strayed,
Gleam war’s discordant
garments through the trees,
And the red banner mocks the
froward breeze; 1820.
... discordant vestments through
the trees,
And the red banner fluctuates
in the breeze; 1827.
... though in the rural shade Where at his will, so late, the grey-clad peasant strayed, Now, clothed in war’s discordant garb, he sees The three-striped banner fluctuate on the breeze; 1836.]
[Variant 178:
1836.
Though now no more thy maids
their voices suit
To the low-warbled breath
of twilight lute,
And, heard the pausing village
hum between,
No solemn songstress lull
the fading green, 1820.
Though martial songs have
banish’d songs of love,
And nightingales forsake the
village grove, 1827.
(Compressing the four lines of 1820 into two.)]
[Variant 179:
1836.
While, as Night bids the startling
uproar die,
Sole sound, the Sourd renews
his mournful cry! 1820.]
[Variant 180:
1836.
Chasing those long long dreams, ... 1820.]
[Variant 181:
1845.
... fainter pang ... 1820.]
[Variant 182:
1836.
A more majestic tide [vi]
the water roll’d,
And glowed the sun-gilt groves
in richer gold. 1820.]
[Variant 183: