[72] [Lines 271-276 were added in the Third Edition. The MS. proceeds with a direction (dated July 31, 1813) to the printer—"And alter
'A life of woe—an age of crime—'
to
'A life of pain—an age of crime.'
Alter also the lines
'On him who loves or hates or fears
Such moment holds a thousand years,'
to
'O'er him who loves or hates or fears
Such moment pours the grief of years.'">[
[dc] {99} But neither fled nor fell alone.—[MS.]
[73] The blast of the desert, fatal to everything living, and often alluded to in Eastern poetry.