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[Variant 7:]

1802
... the raven in the sky,
He will not come to thee, our Cottage is hard by,
Night and day thou art safe as living thing can be,
Be happy then and rest, what is't that aileth thee?"


1800

... the raven in the sky,
He will not come to thee, our Cottage is hard by,
Night and day thou art safe as living thing can be,
Be happy then and rest, what is't that aileth thee?"

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[Variant 8:]

Italics first used in 1815.

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[Variant 9:]

This word (damsel) was italicised from 1813 to 1832.