1836
Pale, dreadful faces round the Shrine appear,1815

Pale, dreadful faces round the Shrine appear,

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[Variant 147:]

1836 After this line the editions of 1815-1832 have the following couplet:
While strives a secret Power to hush the crowd,
Pain's wild rebellious burst proclaims her rights aloud

While strives a secret Power to hush the crowd,
Pain's wild rebellious burst proclaims her rights aloud

and this is followed by lines 545-6 of the final text.

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[Variant 148:]

1836 From 1815 to 1832, the following two couplets followed line 546.
The first of these was withdrawn in 1836.
Mid muttering prayers all sounds of torment meet,
Dire clap of hands, distracted chafe of feet;
While loud and dull ascends the weeping cry,
Surely in other thoughts contempt may die.



1815