... tow'rd my stone-table

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[Variant 18:]

1827
... promptly ...1819

... promptly ...

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[Variant 19:]

1827
Breath fail'd me as I spake—but soon
With lips, no doubt, and visage pale,
And sore too from a slight contusion,
Did I, to cover my confusion,
Begin the promised Tale.



1819

Breath fail'd me as I spake—but soon
With lips, no doubt, and visage pale,
And sore too from a slight contusion,
Did I, to cover my confusion,
Begin the promised Tale.

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