… In the 'Lines on the Man of Ross' immediately after these lines,
'He heard the widow's heaven-breathed prayer of praise,
He mark'd the shelter'd orphan's tearful gaze.'
Please to add these two lines.
'And o'er the portioned maiden's snowy cheek,
Bade bridal love suffuse its blushes meek.'
And for the line,
'Beneath this roof, if thy cheer'd moments pass.'
I should be glad to substitute this,
'If near this roof thy wine-cheer'd moments pass.'
These emendations came too late for admission in the second edition; nor have they appeared in the last edition. They will remain therefore for insertion in any future edition of Mr. Coleridge's Poems.[32]
"Stowey, 1797.