| The following stanza was only in the edition of 1807: | |
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Strong is the current; but be mild,
Ye waves, and spare the helpless Child!
If ye in anger fret or chafe,
A Bee-hive would be ship as safe
As that in which he sails.
| 1815 | |
| But say, what was it? Thought of fear! Well may ye tremble when ye hear! —A Household Tub, like one of those, Which women use to wash their clothes, This carried the blind Boy. | 1807 |
But say, what was it? Thought of fear!
Well may ye tremble when ye hear!
—A Household Tub, like one of those,
Which women use to wash their clothes,
This carried the blind Boy.