1836
But human vices have provoked the rod 1815

But human vices have provoked the rod

In the editions 1815-1832 this and the following line preceded lines 399-400. They took their final position in the edition of 1836.

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[Variant 108:]

1836
... whose vales and mountains round 1820

... whose vales and mountains round

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[Variant 109:]

1836 (Compressing eight lines into six:)
... to awful silence bound.
A gulf of gloomy blue, that opens wide
And bottomless, divides the midway tide.
Like leaning masts of stranded ships appear
The pines that near the coast their summits rear;
Of cabins, woods, and lawns a pleasant shore
Bounds calm and clear the chaps still and hoar;
Loud thro' that midway gulf ascending, sound
Unnumber'd streams with hollow roar profound:







1820