By peals of thunder, clap on clap!
And many a terror-striking flash;—
And somewhere, as it seems, a crash,

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[Variant 29:]

1820
And rattling ... 1819

And rattling ...

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[Variant 30:]

1836. (Compressing six lines into four.)
The voice, to move commiseration,
Prolong'd its earnest supplication—
"This storm that beats so furiously—
This dreadful place! oh pity me!"

While this was said, with sobs between,
And many tears, by one unseen;





1819

The voice, to move commiseration,
Prolong'd its earnest supplication—
"This storm that beats so furiously—
This dreadful place! oh pity me!"
While this was said, with sobs between,
And many tears, by one unseen;

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[Variant 31:]

1845
And Benjamin, without further question,
Taking her for some way-worn rover,
1819
And, kind to every way-worn rover,
Benjamin, without a question,
1836

And Benjamin, without further question,
Taking her for some way-worn rover,