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[Variant 15:]

1827
... in his arms.1815

... in his arms.

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[Variant 16:]

1827
Close to the water he had found
This Vessel, push'd it from dry ground,
Went into it; and, without dread,
Following the fancies in his head,
He paddled up and down.



1807
And with the happy burthen hied,
And pushed it from Loch Levin's side,—
Stepped into it; and, without dread,

1815

Close to the water he had found
This Vessel, push'd it from dry ground,
Went into it; and, without dread,
Following the fancies in his head,
He paddled up and down.

And with the happy burthen hied,
And pushed it from Loch Levin's side,—
Stepped into it; and, without dread,

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