1819
Now hidden by the glittering steam: 1836

Now hidden by the glittering steam:

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.
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[Variant 55:] 1845. The previous eight lines were added in 1836, when they read thus:

Say more: for by that power a vein
Seems opened of brow-saddening pain:
As if their hearts by notes were stung
From out the lowly hedge-rows flung;
As if the warbler lost in light
Reproved their soarings of the night;
In strains of rapture pure and holy
Upbraided their distempered folly.






1836

Say more: for by that power a vein
Seems opened of brow-saddening pain:
As if their hearts by notes were stung
From out the lowly hedge-rows flung;
As if the warbler lost in light
Reproved their soarings of the night;
In strains of rapture pure and holy
Upbraided their distempered folly.

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[Variant 56:]

1845
They are drooping, weak, and dull; 1819
Drooping are they, and weak and dull;— 1836

They are drooping, weak, and dull;

Drooping are they, and weak and dull;—

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[Variant 57:]