1836.

  By peals of thunder, clap on clap! 
  And many a terror-striking flash;—­
  And somewhere, as it seems, a crash, 1819.]

[Variant 29: 

1820.

  And rattling ... 1819,]

[Variant 30: 

1836. (Compressing six lines into four.)

  The voice, to move commiseration,
  Prolong’d its earnest supplication—­
  “This storm that beats so furiously—­
  This dreadful place! oh pity me!”

  While this was said, with sobs between,
  And many tears, by one unseen; 1819.]

[Variant 31: 

1845.

  And Benjamin, without further question,
  Taking her for some way-worn rover, 1819.

  And, kind to every way-worn rover,
  Benjamin, without a question, 1836.]

[Variant 32: 

1820.

  ... trouble ... 1819.]

[Variant 33: 

1845.

  And to a little tent hard by
  Turns the Sailor instantly; 1819.

  And to his tent-like domicile,
  Built in a nook with cautious skill,
  The Sailor turns, well pleased to spy
  His shaggy friend who stood hard by
  Drenched—­and, more fast than with a tether,
  Bound to the nook by that fierce weather,
  Which caught the vagrants unaware: 
  For, when, ere closing-in ... 1836.]

[Variant 34: 

1836.

  Had tempted ... 1819.]

[Variant 35: 

1836.

  Proceeding with an easy mind;
  While he, who had been left behind, 1819.]

[Variant 36: 

1820.

  Who neither heard nor saw—­no more
  Than if he had been deaf and blind,
  Till, startled by the Sailor’s roar, 1819.]

[Variant 37: 

1819.

  That blew us hither! dance, boys, dance! 
  Rare luck for us! my honest soul,
  I’ll treat thee to a friendly bowl!” 1836.

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

[Variant 38: 

1836.

  To seek for thoughts of painful cast,
  If such be the amends at last. 1819.]

[Variant 39: 

1836.

   ... think ... 1819.]

[Variant 40: 

1819.

  For soon among ... 1836.

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

[Variant 41: 

1819.

  And happiest far is he, the One
  No longer with himself at strife,
  A Caesar past the Rubicon! 
  The Sailor, Man by nature gay,
  Found not a scruple in his way; 1836.

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

[Variant 42: 

1836.

  Deems that she is happier, laid
  Within that warm and peaceful bed; 1819.]

[Variant 43: 

1845.