| 1836 | |
| Child of the Year! that round dost run Thy course, bold lover of the sun, And chearful when the day's begun As morning Leveret, Thou long the Poet's praise shalt gain; Thou wilt be more belov'd by men In times to come; thou not in vain | 1807 |
| Thy long-lost praise thou shalt regain; Dear shalt thou be to future men As in old time;— | 1815 |
| Dear thou shalt be | 1820 |
Child of the Year! that round dost run
Thy course, bold lover of the sun,
And chearful when the day's begun
As morning Leveret,
Thou long the Poet's praise shalt gain;
Thou wilt be more belov'd by men
In times to come; thou not in vain
Thy long-lost praise thou shalt regain;
Dear shalt thou be to future men
As in old time;—
Dear thou shalt be
The text of 1827 returns to that of 1815.
His Muse.—W. W. 1815.
The extract is from The Shepherds Hunting, eclogue fourth, ll. 368-80.—Ed.