... placid ...

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[Variant 61:]

1827
So, faltering not in this intent,
He makes his staff an instrument
The river's depth to sound—

1819
So toward the stream his head he bent,
And downward thrust his staff, intent
To reach the Man who there lay drowned.—

1820

So, faltering not in this intent,
He makes his staff an instrument
The river's depth to sound—

So toward the stream his head he bent,
And downward thrust his staff, intent
To reach the Man who there lay drowned.—

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[Variant 62:]

1836
The meagre Shadow all this while—
What aim is his? ...
1819

The meagre Shadow all this while—
What aim is his? ...