1845
... a shooting star ... 1793

... a shooting star ...

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[Variant 79:]

1845
I hear, while in the forest depth he sees,
The Moon's fix'd gaze between the opening trees,
In broken sounds her elder grief demand,
And skyward lift, like one that prays, his hand,
If, in that country, where he dwells afar,
His father views that good, that kindly star;
—Ah me! all light is mute amid the gloom,
The interlunar cavern of the tomb.

In broken sounds her elder child demand,
While toward the sky he lifts his pale bright hand,

—Alas! all light ...






1793-1832


1836

1836

I hear, while in the forest depth he sees,
The Moon's fix'd gaze between the opening trees,
In broken sounds her elder grief demand,
And skyward lift, like one that prays, his hand,
If, in that country, where he dwells afar,
His father views that good, that kindly star;
—Ah me! all light is mute amid the gloom,
The interlunar cavern of the tomb.
In broken sounds her elder child demand,
While toward the sky he lifts his pale bright hand,
—Alas! all light ...

Those eight lines were withdrawn in 1845.

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[Variant 80:]

1836
... painful ... 1793