[Variant 174:]

1836 (Compressing six lines into two:)
At early morn, the careful housewife, led
To cull her dinner from its garden bed,
Of weedless herbs a healthier prospect sees,
While hum with busier joy her happy bees;
In brighter rows her table wealth aspires,
And laugh with merrier blaze her evening fires;




1820

At early morn, the careful housewife, led
To cull her dinner from its garden bed,
Of weedless herbs a healthier prospect sees,
While hum with busier joy her happy bees;
In brighter rows her table wealth aspires,
And laugh with merrier blaze her evening fires;

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[Variant 175:]

1836
Her infants' cheeks with fresher roses glow,
And wilder graces sport around their brow;
1820

Her infants' cheeks with fresher roses glow,
And wilder graces sport around their brow;

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[Variant 176:]

1836 (Compressing four lines into two:)
By clearer taper lit, a cleanlier board
Receives at supper hour her tempting hoard;
The chamber hearth with fresher boughs is spread,
And whiter is the hospitable bed.


1820