1845
Bend o'er th' abyss, the else impervious gloom

Hang o'er th' abyss:— ...

... the abyss:— ... 		1820

1827

1832

Bend o'er th' abyss, the else impervious gloom
Hang o'er th' abyss:— ...
... the abyss:— ...

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[Variant 47:]

1836
Freshening the waste of sand with shades and springs.
—She, solitary, through the desart drear
Spontaneous wanders, hand in hand with Fear.

By choice or doom a gipsy wanders here,
Companionless, or hand in hand with fear;
Lo! where she sits beneath yon shaggy rock,
A cowering shape half-seen through curling smoke.

1820




MS.

Freshening the waste of sand with shades and springs.
—She, solitary, through the desart drear
Spontaneous wanders, hand in hand with Fear.
By choice or doom a gipsy wanders here,
Companionless, or hand in hand with fear;
Lo! where she sits beneath yon shaggy rock,
A cowering shape half-seen through curling smoke.

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[Variant 48:]

1836
The Grison gypsey here her tent hath placed,
Sole human tenant of the piny waste;
Her tawny skin, dark eyes, and glossy locks,
Bend o'er the smoke that curls beneath the rocks[iii].


1820

The Grison gypsey here her tent hath placed,
Sole human tenant of the piny waste;
Her tawny skin, dark eyes, and glossy locks,
Bend o'er the smoke that curls beneath the rocks[iii].