And, kind to every way-worn rover,
Benjamin, without a question,

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[Variant 32:]

1820
... trouble ... 1819

... trouble ...

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[Variant 33:]

1845
And to a little tent hard by
Turns the Sailor instantly;
1819
And to his tent-like domicile,
Built in a nook with cautious skill,
The Sailor turns, well pleased to spy
His shaggy friend who stood hard by
Drenched—and, more fast than with a tether,
Bound to the nook by that fierce weather,
Which caught the vagrants unaware:
For, when, ere closing-in ...






1836

And to a little tent hard by
Turns the Sailor instantly;

And to his tent-like domicile,
Built in a nook with cautious skill,
The Sailor turns, well pleased to spy
His shaggy friend who stood hard by
Drenched—and, more fast than with a tether,
Bound to the nook by that fierce weather,
Which caught the vagrants unaware:
For, when, ere closing-in ...

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[Variant 34:]

1836
Had tempted ... 1819