... have come ...

The text of 1820 returns to that of 1800.

[return]

[Variant 27:]

1815
...he'll stand1800

...he'll stand

[return]

[Variant 28:]

1837
Where proud Covent-Garden, in frost and in snow,
Spreads her fruits and her flow'rs, built up row after row;
Old Adam will point with his finger and say,
To them that stand by, "I've seen better than they."


1800
... her fruit ...1815

Where proud Covent-Garden, in frost and in snow,
Spreads her fruits and her flow'rs, built up row after row;
Old Adam will point with his finger and say,
To them that stand by, "I've seen better than they."