and the seventh stanza is altered to:
“My heart grows chill! Can Soul like thine,
Weary of this clear world of mine,
Have loosed its fetter,
To find a world whose promised bliss
Is better than the best of this?—
And is it better?”
These are the most important changes.
The Russet Pitcher. Last published in 1870: omitted in 1868.
The Enchanted Rose. “The Fairy Rose” in subsequent editions. Last published in 1870: omitted in 1868.
Circumstance. Written in 1856: last published in 1893, with some alteration. The last line runs, finally: “And—wish them at the devil.”
A Wish. Last published in 1878.
My Life is a—. Last published in 1893: omitted in 1881. Practically the same in the final version.
Vanity Fair. Last published in 1878.
Bramble-Rise. Written in 1857: last published in 1893, a good deal altered. It is less “Praedian” than in the original form: the puns in stanzas four and nine disappear.