In the editions 1820-1832 this couplet preceded the four lines above quoted:

Fear in his breast with holy love unites,
And the near heavens impart their own delights.
1836

Fear in his breast with holy love unites,
And the near heavens impart their own delights.

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[Variant 125:]

1836
That hut which from the hills his eyes employs
So oft, the central point of all his joys,

... his eye ...

1815

1832

That hut which from the hills his eyes employs
So oft, the central point of all his joys,
... his eye ...

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[Variant 126:]

1836
And as a swift, by tender cares opprest,
Peeps often ere she dart into her nest,
So to the untrodden floor, where round him looks
His father, helpless as the babe he rocks,
Oft he descends to nurse the brother pair,




1820