[Variant 39:]

1836
And winds, ... 1820

And winds, ...

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[Variant 40:]

1836
Yet arts are thine that soothe the unquiet heart,
And smiles to Solitude and Want impart.
I lov'd, 'mid thy most desart woods astray,
With pensive step to measure my slow way,
By lonely, silent cottage-doors to roam,
The far-off peasant's day-deserted home.

I loved by silent cottage-doors to roam,
The far-off peasant's day-deserted home;




1820


1827

Yet arts are thine that soothe the unquiet heart,
And smiles to Solitude and Want impart.
I lov'd, 'mid thy most desart woods astray,
With pensive step to measure my slow way,
By lonely, silent cottage-doors to roam,
The far-off peasant's day-deserted home.
I loved by silent cottage-doors to roam,
The far-off peasant's day-deserted home;

These two lines take the place of the second and third couplets of the 1820 text quoted above.

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