And Flowers and Birds once more to greet,
The text of 1815 is otherwise identical with that of 1827.
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| Upon ... | 1807 |
Upon ...
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| While thus before my eyes he gleams, A Brother of the Leaves he seems; When in a moment forth he teems His little song in gushes: | 1807 |
| My sight he dazzles, half deceives, A Bird so like the dancing Leaves; Then flits, and from the Cottage eaves Pours forth his song in gushes; | 1827 |
| My dazzled sight the Bird deceives, A Brother of the dancing Leaves; | 1832 |
| The Bird my dazzled sight deceives, | 1840 |
| The Bird my dazzling sight deceives | C. |
While thus before my eyes he gleams,
A Brother of the Leaves he seems;
When in a moment forth he teems
His little song in gushes: