[Variant 2:]

1836
... I woke,
With the first word I had to spare
I said to her, "Beneath your Cloak
What's that which on your arm you bear?"


1807
"What treasure," said I,"do you bear,
Beneath the covert of your Cloak
Protected from the cold damp air?"

1820

... I woke,
With the first word I had to spare
I said to her, "Beneath your Cloak
What's that which on your arm you bear?"

"What treasure," said I,"do you bear,
Beneath the covert of your Cloak
Protected from the cold damp air?"

[return]

[Variant 3:]

1807
"I had a Son,—the waves might roar,
He feared them not, a Sailor gay!
But he will cross the waves no more:

1820
... cross the deep ...1827

"I had a Son,—the waves might roar,
He feared them not, a Sailor gay!
But he will cross the waves no more:

... cross the deep ...

The text of 1832 returns to that of 1807