George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3)

VARIANTS.

George Crabbe

POEMS. Dedication and Preface. Variants in edition of 1807 (first edition).

Dedication:

p. 88, l. 2. Henry-Richard.
p. 89, l. 5. judgement.
l. 10. have taught.

Preface:

p. 90, l. 11. enquiry.
l. 27. judgement.
p. 91, l. 23. among.
l. 32. as Mr Boswell (since Lord Auchinleck) has told.
p. 92, l. 7. suspence.
p. 93, l. 2, my friends.
l. 5. judgement.
l. 9. blameable.
p. 94, l. 13. such opinion.
l. 18. Charles-James.
l. 28. criticizing.
l. 36. judgement.
p. 95, l. 12. judgement.
l. 15. Lope de Vega.
l. 22. an high degree.
l. 26. Lope de Vega.
p. 96, l. 20. judgement.
l. 26. in a beneficed clergyman.
p. 97, l. 23. Baptisms.
l. 31. enquiry.
p. 98, l. 25. judgement.
l. 26. intitled.
p. 99, l. 8. judgement.
l. 14. or the exultation.

THE LIBRARY. Variants in edition of 1781 (first edition).

l. 16. for wo: woe.
l. 22. prevail.
l. 28. her old.
instead of ll. 51-54:

Come then, and entering view this spacious scene,
This sacred dome, this noble magazine;
l. 57. asswage.
instead of ll. 63-178:

In this selection, which the human mind
With care has made; for Glory has design'd,
All should be perfect; or at least appear
From falshood, vanity, and passion clear:
But man's best efforts taste of man, and show
The poor and troubled source from whence they flow;
His very triumphs his defeats must speak,
And ev'n his wisdom serves to prove him weak.
Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools,
Rules e'en the wisest, and in Learning rules;
From courts and crowds to Wisdom's seat she goes,
And reigns triumphant o'er her mother's foes:
Yon Folios, once the darlings of the mode,
Now lie neglected like the birth-day ode;
There Learning, stuff'd with maxims trite though sage,
Makes Indigestion yawn at every page;
Chain'd like Prometheus, lo! the mighty train
Brave Time's fell tooth, and live and die again;
And now the scorn of men and now the pride,
The sires respect them, and the sons deride.
l. 183. every note and every comment.
l. 197. is.
l. 200. your judges are your rivals.
instead of ll. 201-322:

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But ne'er, discourag'd, fair attempts lay by,
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For Reason views them with approving eye,
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And Candour yields what cavillers deny.
She sees the struggles of the soul to steer
Through clouds and darkness, which surround us here,
And, though the long research has ne'er prevail'd,
Applauds the trial and forgets it fail'd.
followed by ll. 105—140 of the text; then continuing:

Wits, Bards and Idlers fill a tatter'd row;
And the vile Vulgar lie disdain'd below.

Amid these works, on which the eager eye
Delights to fix, or glides reluctant by
Where all combin'd their decent pomp display,
Where shall we first our early offering pay?

To thee Philosophy! to thee, the light,
The guide of mortals through their mental night,
By whom the world in all its views is shown,
Our guide through Nature's works, and in our own;
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Who place in order Being's wondrous chain,
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Save where those puzzling, stubborn links remain,
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By art divine involv'd, which man can ne'er explain.
These are thy volumes; and in these we look,
As abstracts drawn from Nature's larger book;
Here first describ'd the humble glebe appears,
Unconscious of the gaudy robe it wears;
All that the earth's profound recesses hide,
And all that roll beneath the raging tide;
The sullen gem that yet disdains to shine,
And all the ductile matter of the mine.
Next to the vegetable tribes they lead,
Whose fruitful beds o'er every balmy meed
Teem with new life, and hills, and vales, and groves,
Feed the still flame, and nurse the silent loves;
Which, when the Spring calls forth their genial power
Swell with the seed, and flourish in the flower:
There, with the husband-slaves, in royal pride,
Queens, like the Amazons of old, reside;
There, like the Turk, the lordly husband lives,
And joy to all the gay seraglio gives;
There, in the secret chambers, veil'd from sight,
A bashful tribe in hidden flames delight;
There, in the open day, and gaily deck'd,
The bolder brides their distant lords expect;
Who with the wings of love instinctive rise,
And on prolific winds each ardent bridegroom flies.
Next are that tribe whom life and sense inform,
The torpid beetle, and the shrinking worm;
And insects, proud to spread their brilliant wing,
To catch the fostering sunbeams of the spring;
That feather'd race, which late from winter fled,
To dream an half-existence with the dead;
Who now, returning from their six months' sleep,
Dip their black pinions in the slumbering deep;
Where, feeling life from stronger beams of day,
The scaly myriads of the ocean play.
Then led by Art through Nature's maze, we trace
The sullen people of the savage race;
And see a favourite tribe mankind attend,
And in the fawning follower find the friend.
l. 346. virtues seek.
l. 390. subtle.
l. 408. a song.
l. 410. did ne'er
l. 422. Abridgements.
l. 431. cries.
instead of l. 432:

Ere laws arose, ere tyrants bade them rise;
l. 435. no tumults.
instead of ll. 441-2:

Bound by no tyes but those by nature made,
Virtue was law, and gifts prevented trade.
l. 444. chearless.
instead of l. 454:

Taught by some conquering friends who came as foes.
l. 477. PrimÆval.
After l. 478:

Now turn from these, to view yon ampler space,
There rests a sacred, grave and solemn race;
There the devout an awful station keep,
Vigils advise and yet dispose to sleep;
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There might they long in lasting peace abide
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But controversial authors lie beside,
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Who friend from friend and sire from son divide:
Endless disputes around the world they cause
Creating now, and now controuling laws.
followed by ll. 223-266 of the text, with the ensuing variations:
ll. 237-244:

Calvin grows gentle in this silent coast,
Nor finds a single heretic to roast:
Here, their fierce rage subdu'd, and lost their pride
The Pope and Luther slumber side by side:
l. 245. whom the Church's.
l. 248. Crumbs.
ll. 249-256 omitted.
instead of l. 257:

And let them lie—for lo! yon gaudy frames.
l. 259. dread.
l. 260. sparks of Grace.
l. 265. prophane, or impiously.
l. 537. What tho' neglect has shed.
l. 550. dÆmons.
l. 555. strait.
l. 578. tipling.
l. 595. fancy'd.

THE VILLAGE. Variants in edition of 1783 (first edition).

Book I.

Synopsis of contents omitted.
l. 5. forms.
instead of ll. 7-8:

Fled are those times, if e'er such times were seen,
When rustic poets prais'd their native green;
l. 18. echo's.
l. 31. one chief cause.
instead of ll. 33-35:

They ask no thought, require no deep design,
But swell the song and liquefy the line;
The gentle lover takes the rural strain.
l. 40. gazes.
l. 59. sooth.
l. 76. And the wild tare clings round.
instead of ll. 99-100:

And foil'd beneath the young Ulysses fell;
When peals of praise the merry mischief tell?
l. 107. Or, yielding part (when equal knaves contest).
l. 108. for the rest.
l. 118. their's.
after l. 143:

Like him to make the plenteous harvest grow,
And yet not share the plenty they bestow;
l. 153. as luxury.
instead of ll. 166-7:

Or will you urge their homely, plenteous fare,
Healthy and plain and still the poor man's share?
instead of l. 171:

As you who envy would disdain to touch.
l. 183. its own.
l. 189. straitest.
l. 197. And urge the efforts.
l. 204. rouz'd.
l. 219. Slow in their gifts, but.
l. 223. woe.
l. 265. is all.
l. 271. Nor wipes.
l. 273. Nor promise.
l. 295. mutely hastens to the grave.
instead of ll. 312-13:

Sure in his shot his game he seldom mist,
And seldom fail'd to win his game at whist;
l. 325. oh! Death.
l. 327. farmer gets.

THE VILLAGE.

Book II.

Synopsis of contents omitted.
l. 30. began.
l. 52. the Lord's.
l. 55. Hear too.
instead of ll. 59-62:

How their maids languish, while their men run loose,
And leave them scarce a damsel to seduce.
instead of l. 68:

One cup, and that just serves to make them foes;
l. 70. And batter'd faces end.
l. 85. faultering.
l. 102. you reckon great.
instead of ll. 111-112:

Who gave up pleasures you could never share,
For pain which you are seldom doom'd to bear,
instead of ll. 161-2:

But Rutland's virtues shall his griefs restrain,
And join to heal the bosom where they reign.
l. 165. Hush the loud grief.
l. 168. can please.
l. 172. not valu'd.
l. 176. terror.
instead of l. 177:

But 'tis the spirit that is mounting high.
l. 178. a native.
l. 193. nearer woes.
after l. 197:

Victims victorious, who with him shall stand
In Fame's fair book the guardians of the land;
l. 201. streams go murmuring by.
l. 204. strong stream.

THE NEWSPAPER. Variants in edition of 1785 (first edition).

l. 37. Yet you in pity check.
l. 38. and still vouchsafe to write.
instead of ll. 39-40:

(While your choice works on quiet shelves remain,
Or grace the windows of the trade in vain;
Where ev'n their fair and comely sculptures fail,
Engrav'd by Grignion, and design'd by Wale)—
instead of ll. 47-48:

But lend your aid to make my prowess known,
And puff my labours as ye puff your own.
l. 51. or what the time they fly.
instead of ll. 57-60:

Gray evening comes, and comes not evening gray
With all the trifling tidings of the day?
instead of ll. 71-72:

Yet soon each reptile tribe is lost but these,
In the first brushing of the wintry breeze;
l. 73. These still remain.
after l. 78:

(The Oglio now appears, a rival name,
Of bolder manners, tho' of younger fame);
l. 83. lye.
l. 85. holy day.
instead of l. 92:

Tomorrow Woodfall, and the world below.
l. 104. the weak man's brain.
after l. 126:

Soon as the chiefs, whom once they choose, lie low,
Their praise too slackens, and their aid moves slow;
Not so, when leagu'd with rising powers, their rage
Then wounds th' unwary foe, and burns along the page.
l. 132. nor leaves the winter one.
l. 134. Fly in successive troops this fluttering race.
after l. 136:

Or are there those, who ne'er their friends forsook,
Lur'd by no promise, by no danger shook?
Then bolder bribes the venal aid procure,
And golden letters make the faithless sure:
For those who deal in flattery or abuse,
Will sell them when they can the most produce.
l. 155. Justice, Rector and Attorney.
l. 160. tythe.
instead of ll. 163-4:

Here comes the neighbouring Squire, with gracious air,
To stamp opinions, and to take the chair;
l. 172. plagues.
l. 175. Brook's and St Albin's.
l. 178. owes.
instead of ll. 190-192:

"Strive but for power, and parley but for place;"
Yet hopes, good man! "that all may still be well,"
And thanks the stars that he's a vote to sell.
after l. 192:

While thus he reads or raves, around him wait
A rustic band and join in each debate;
Partake his manly spirit, and delight
To praise or blame, to judge of wrong or right;
Measures to mend, and ministers to make,
Till all go madding for their country's sake.
l. 193. th' all-teeming Press.
l. 194. These pois'nous.
instead of ll. 211-12:

Studious we toil, correct, amend, retouch,
Take much away, yet mostly leave too much;
l. 230. deny'd.
l. 253. chearful.
l. 260. And slighting theirs, make comments of their own.
l. 266. monies.
instead of ll. 267-8:

While the sly widow, and the coxcomb sleek,
Dive deep for scandal through a hint oblique.
instead of ll. 273-4:

Hence on that morn no welcome post appears,
That luckless mind a sullen aspect wears;
l. 279. Such restless passion.
l. 280. Worse than an itch for Music or the Muse.
l. 284. Has neither chance for cure, nor intervals of rest.
after l. 284:

Such powers have things so vile, and they can boast
That those peruse them who despise them most.
l. 285. Thus sung—say Muse.
l. 294. Or coin fresh tales.
l. 300. No British widow turns Italian bride.
l. 304. peers give place, and own her fair.
instead of ll. 309-312:

Such tales as these with joy the many read,
And paragraphs on paragraphs succeed;
Then add the common themes that never cease
The tide-like Stocks, their ebb and their increase;
instead of l. 336:

And nameless murder'd in the face of day.
l. 337. Here, first in rank, the Stage.
l. 344. From self, and.
l. 346. try'd.
l. 373. gray.
instead of ll. 379-80:

Such are their puffs, and would they all were such,
Then should the verse no poet's laurel touch;
l. 386. frizeurs.
l. 416. sacred labours.
l. 428. On the scroll'd bar-board, view'd too long before.
l. 429. tipling.
l. 438. For these no more shall live, than they shall die.
instead of ll. 449-50:

Nameless you this way print your idle rhymes,
A thousand view them, you a thousand times:
l. 462. Leave wealth, indulge not these but nobler fires.
Note 1. Spleen, a poem.

The following footnotes appear in the first edition of The Newspaper, but were not reprinted:

l. 1. The greatest part of this Poem was written immediately after the dissolution of the late parliament.
l. 68. The Ephemera, or May-fly, is an insect remarked by naturalists for the very short time it lives, after assuming its last and more perfect form.
l. 78. [See Variant.] The Oglio, a Sunday paper, advertised about October last.

THE PARISH REGISTER. Variants in edition of 1807 (first edition).

Part I.

Instead of ll. 43-50:

Above the mantel bound with ribband blue,
The Swain's emblazon'd Arms demand our view.
In meadow Vert, there feeds in Gules a cow,
Beneath an Argent share and Sable plough;
While for a crest, an Azure arm sustains
In Or a wheatsheaf, rich with bristling grains.
l. 53. when tried.
l. 54. who prov'd misfortunes.
l. 61. that England fed.
l. 66. That nations dreaded and that Nelson beat.
instead of ll. 67-8:

And here will soon that other fleet be shown,
That Nelson made the ocean's and our own.
l. 85. by famous Heads made out.
l. 86. That teach the simple reader where to doubt.
l. 87. That made him stop.
l. 88. And where he wonder'd then.
l. 112. Laid.
instead of ll. 127-8:

These hear the parent Swain, reclin'd at ease
With half his listening offspring on his knees.
l. 140. The tall Leek, tapering with his rushy stem.
l. 177. who knew not sex.
l. 193. gutters flow.
l. 197. woe.
l. 248. drink and play.
l. 270. Glories unsought, the Fathers.
l. 309. an haughty soul.
l. 310. controul.
l. 314. seldom shed.
l. 339. What then was left, these Lovers to requite?
l. 368. Higler's.
l. 369. antient.
instead of ll. 371-2:

Day after day were past in grief and pain,
Week after week, nor came the Youth again;
instead of ll. 417-18:

Few were their Acres,—but they, well content,
Were on each pay-day, ready with their rent;
instead of ll. 453-60:

'Far other thoughts, your Reverence, caus'd the ill,
'Twas pure good-nature, not a wanton will;
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They urg'd me, paid me, beg'd me to comply,
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Not hard of heart, or slow to yield am I,
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But prone to grant as melting charity.
For wanton wishes, let the frail-ones smart,
But all my failing is a tender heart.'
l. 470. Gerrard.
instead of ll. 471-2:

Seven have I nam'd, and but six years have past
By him and Judith since I bound them fast.
l. 477. he would no more increase.
l. 481. humbled.
l. 521. pedlar's.
l. 539. woe with woe.
l. 540. "Ah! Humphrey! Humphrey!"
l. 558. said Humphrey.
l. 559. an husband's.
l. 569. antient.
instead of ll. 582-3:

To prove these arrows of the giants' hand,
Are not for man to stay or to command.
instead of l. 604:

Of news or nothing, she by looks compel.
l. 628. Artimisia.
l. 631. Senecio.
l. 649. turged Anthers.
instead of l. 650:

"But haste and bear them to their spouse away;
In a like bed you'll see that spouse reclin'd,
(Oh! haste and bear them, they like love are blind,)
l. 652. make the marriage sure.
l. 663. to life's great duty, Love.
l. 676. some notice they will claim.
instead of ll. 678-9:

The straitest furrow lifts the ploughman's heart,
Or skill allow'd firm in the bruiser's art.
l. 700. For he who lent a name to babe unknown.
l. 702. they ask'd the name of all.
l. 713. controul.
l. 743. that seem'd.
l. 744. that nothing meant.
l. 748. steelly.
l. 751. still more sure about the world.
l. 784. Keeps looking on the ground.
l. 785. These looks and sighs.
l. 803. transcendant.
l. 811. Bishoprick.
l. 826. Passions.
l. 833. Spencer; Spencer's.
The note to l. 833 is omitted in the first edition.

Part II.

Instead of ll. 5-6:

If Poor, Delay shall for that Want prepare,
That, on the hasty, brings a World of Care;
instead of l. 17:

Yet thee too long, let not thy Fears detain
l. 19. tied.
l. 26. Banns.
instead of ll. 34-60.

Fie, Nathan! fie! to let a sprightly Jade
Leer on thy Bed, then ask thee how 'twas made
And lingering walk around at Head and Feet,
To see thy nightly Comforts all complete;
Then waiting seek—not what she said she sought,
And bid a Penny for her Master's Thought;—
(A Thought she knew, and thou could'st not send hence,
Well as thou lov'dst them, for ten thousand Pence!)
And thus with some bold Hint she would retire,
That wak'd the idle Wish and stirr'd the slumbering Fire;
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Didst thou believe thy Passion all so laid
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That thou might'st trifle with thy wanton Maid,
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And feel amus'd, and yet not feel afraid?
The dryest Faggot, Nathan, once was green,
And laid on Embers, still some Sap is seen;
Oaks, bald like thee above, that cease to grow,
Feel yet the Warmth of Spring and Bud below;
More senseless thou than Faggot on the Fire
For thou could'st feel and yet would'st not retire;
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Less provident than dying Trees,—for they
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Some vital Strength, some living Fire display,
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But none that tend to wear the Life itself away.
Ev'n now I see thee to the Altar come;
Downcast thou wert and conscious of thy Doom:
I see thee glancing on that Shape aside,
With blended Looks of Jealousy and Pride;
But growing Fear has long the Pride supprest,
And but one Tyrant rankles in thy Breast;
Now of her Love, a second Pledge appears,
And Doubts on Doubts arise, and Fears on Fears;
Yet Fear defy, and be of Courage stout,
Another Pledge will banish every Doubt;
Thine Age advancing as thy Powers retire,
Will make thee sure—What more would'st thou require?
l. 68. antient.
l. 96. Drew Oil, drew Essence.
l. 100. Mrs.
l. 269. And hid the Snare, prepar'd to catch the Maid.
l. 290. Scrolls.
instead of ll. 301-308:

Is it that strong and sturdy in the Field
They scorn the Arms of idle Men to wield
Or give that Hand to guide the Goosequill Tip,
That rules a Team, and brandishes a whip?
The Lions they, whom conscious Power forbid,—
To play the Ape and "dandle with the Kid."
l. 313. For Bridget Dawdle.
l. 317. To Roger Pluck.
l. 321. In all his Dealings, Hodge was just and true.
l. 340. Bridget's.
l. 341. Roger.
l. 351. Bridget.
l. 353. Roger's.
l. 355. Roger's bis.
instead of ll. 372-375:

So two dried Sticks, all fled the vital juice,
When rubb'd and chaf'd, their latent Heat produce;
All in one part unite the cheering Rays,
And kindling burn with momentary Blaze.
l. 380. when touch'd with Galvin's Wire.
instead of ll. 400-1:

No more she plays, no more attempts to fit
Her Steps responsive to the squeaking Kit,
l. 419. in room apart.
l. 424. And Wives like these assert and prove their own;
l. 430 (note). Spencer.
l. 437. Nor sought their Bliss, at Cupid's wild Commands,
l. 444. was her Reuben's Care;
instead of ll. 461-66:

Nor these alone, (though favour'd more) are blest;
In time, the Rash, in time, the Wretched rest;
They first-sad years of Want and Anguish know,
Their Joys come seldom, and their Pains pass slow;
instead of ll. 473-4:

When Life's Afflictions long with dread endur'd,
By Time are lessen'd, or by Caution cur'd;
l. 477. And calm in Cares, with Patience, Man and Wife,
l. 490. Quite.
instead of ll. 491-2:

For me, (he thinks,) shall soon this Deed be done,
A few steps forward, and my Race is run;
l. 499. He gives his Friend a tear, and heaves himself a sigh.
l. 516. Plowman's.
l. 521. spare, for Rapture to enjoy?
instead of ll. 565-7:

Who caus'd the Anguish they disdain'd to heal,
Have at some time, the Power of Virtue known,
And felt another's good promote their own:
l. 568. the youth.
l. 569. Who took the Maid, with innocence and truth;
l. 572. its vigour keep.
l. 583. When Beauty all decays.

Part III.

l. 33. that sad submission.
l. 48. as a Sinner's Right.
l. 49. God is good.
l. 50. And, none have liv'd, as Wisdom wills they should.
l. 54. To think about beginning to repent.
l. 65. That feels the useful Pain, Repentance brings.
l. 66. Dejection's Sorrows.
l. 67. And then, the Hope, that Heaven these Griefs approve.
l. 68. And lastly Joy that springs.
l. 75. Collet.
instead of ll. 151-2:

Like that industrious Kind, no thoughts of Sex
No cares of Love, could her chaste Soul perplex.
l. 159. welcome at her Board to share.
After l. 172: As Bridget churn'd the Butter, for her Hand.
l. 173. (Geese, Hens, and Turkeys following where she went.)
l. 185. as the more.
l. 186. She grasp'd with greater force.
l. 212. To bear a Grandchild.
l. 219. check the passions.
l. 220. Youth's Disappointments, the Regrets of Age.
instead of ll. 225-31:

Blest is the Nurseling never taught to sing,
But thrust untimely from its Mother's Wing;
Or the grown Warbler, who, with grateful Voice,
Sings its own Joy and makes the Grove rejoice;
Because, ere yet he charm'd th' attentive Ear.
l. 278. aweful.
l. 283. woe's.
l. 297. Studds.
l. 329. Catharine's.
l. 345. And held the Golden Watch, the Ruby-Rings.
l. 357. the Lady's.
l. 381. On Pride that governs, Pleasure that will grow.
l. 394. Bawbles.
l. 412. Catharine.
l. 428. the Joy.
l. 431. that wounds.
l. 432. Who miss one Comfort that.
l. 434. He felt with many.
l. 436. an old Neighbour.
l. 443. he knew.
l. 444. More skilful none, and skill'd like him, but few.
instead of 458-60:

By the new Light, to the new Way direct;—
"Mine now are Faith and Hope," he said; "Adieu!
I fear to lose them, in a way so new."
instead of ll. 467-8:

His honest Fame he yet retain'd; no more,
His wife was buried, and his Children poor;
l. 473. And just, as kind.
l. 474. And then for Comforts.
l. 477. with him to live.
l. 478. Who, while he feeds me, is as loath to give.
l. 480. guages.
l. 485. to mourn my Lot is vain.
l. 486. Mine it is not to choose but to sustain.
l. 495. aweful.
l. 499. that suppliant Look.
l. 500. Nor that pure Faith, that gave it Force are there.
l. 510. Intic'd.
l. 565. An House.
l. 573. And thus he rose, but tried.
instead of ll. 594-6:

And all was Terror, till all Hope was gone;
Was silent Terror, where that Hope grew weak,
Look'd on the Sick, and was asham'd to speak.
l. 601. So sure.
l. 654. Glib.
l. 664. Glib.
l. 670. With Luck and Leah.
l. 675. "Nay, but," he said "and dare you.
l. 700. Judgement.
l. 715. Woe.
l. 825. Ailes.
l. 848. sly Dissenters.
l. 863. An whoreson Cough.
l. 882. Gypsies.
l. 891. Aile.
l. 921. antient.
l. 966. while Parents them and us forsake.

THE BIRTH OF FLATTERY. Variants in edition of 1807 (first edition).

l. 1. Spencer.
l. 15. Siren.
l. 21. An hireling.
l. 50. Dissentions.
l. 52. Say what Success has one Projection crown'd?
l. 60. Ingulph'st.
l. 65. worthless Arts.
l. 111. nuptual.
l. 125. repay'd.
l. 191. antient.
l. 213. controul.
l. 304. Gorze.
l. 317. Tenniers.
l. 333. Mein.
l. 344. that well their Worth she knew.
l. 347. While all Disgrace attend.

SIR EUSTACE GREY. Variants in edition of 1807 (first edition).

l. 23. Will sometimes point.
l. 24. And will with.
l. 26. Will veil.
l. 37. Well! I am calm.
l. 38. woe.
l. 58. an.
l. 171. DÆmons.
l. 234. Travellers.
Note 3, l. 5. Intended to cast ridicule on any religious persuasion.
l. 8. enthusiastical.
The notes appear as footnotes in the first edition.

THE HALL OF JUSTICE. Variants in edition of 1807 (first edition).

Part I.

l. 11. forbad.
l. 36. woe.
l. 41. on Want and Error.

WOMAN! Variants in edition of 1807 (first edition).

l. 1. Africk's.
l. 4. DÆmons.

THE BOROUGH. Variants in the edition of 1810 (first edition).

Preface.

p. 266, l. 9. may fairly be.
l. 24. values.
p. 268, l. 16. connections.
p. 269, l. 12. an hope.
p. 271, l. 5, enquiries.
p. 273, l. 13, enquiry.
ib. l. 28. controul.
p. 274, l. 35. attornies.
p. 275, l. 2. license.
ib. l. 39. set down.
p. 276, l. 7. give us more favourable view.
p. 277, l. 33. an hundred.
p. 278, l. 2. an happier.
ib. l. 31. immoveable.
p. 279, l. 14. after insane,: and why the visions of his distempered brain should be of so horrible a nature.
p. 282, l. 7. mottos.

Letter 1.

l. 85. wreathes.
l. 153. an House.
l. 156. tipling.
l. 175. stoney Beech.
l. 195. o'ershrowd.
l. 290. rimpling.

Letter 2.

Synopsis, l. 2. Columns and Aysles;
l. 8. Grief in the surviver.
l. 29. Yet Gothic all.
l. 34. aisle.
l. 40. grey.
l. 57. greys.
l. 62. grey.
l. 76. The stoney Tower as grey.
l. 114. Woe.
l. 127. teiz'd.

Letter 3.

l. 46. inlists.
l. 62. antient.
l. 105. charardes.
l. 127. antient.
l. 132. aisle ... aisle.
l. 137. woe.
instead of ll. 158-159:

Mamma approv'd a safe contented guest
And Miss a Friend to back a small request;
instead of ll. 202-205:

Oh! had he learn'd to make the Wig he wears,
To throw the Shuttle or command the Sheers,
Or the strong Boar-skin for the Saddle shap'd,
What pangs, what terrors had the Man escap'd.
l. 214. woeful.

Letter 4.

Synopsis, l. 3. Swedenburgeans.
ll. 5, 9. Armenian.
l. 12. extatic.
l. 21. doat, extacies.
l. 70. tye.
l. 75. Dioclecian.
l. 120. antient.
l. 129. antient.
l. 168. Swedenbourgeans.
l. 184. PhaÆtons.
l. 191. chastizing.
l. 205. rev'rendly.
l. 230. bye-word.
l. 255. antient.
instead of ll. 258-259:

True Independants: while they Calvin hate,
They heed as little what Socinians state;
They judge Arminians Antinomians stray
Nor England's Church, nor Church on Earth obey;
l. 260. But for themselves.
l. 264. inlists.
l. 267. Westley.
l. 299. an helping hand.
l. 338. ingulph'd.
l. 389. antient, Westley.
l. 419. naught.
l. 477. stoney.
l. 487. stoney-cold.
l. 500. aweful.
l. 503. woe.

Letter 5.

l. 92. for then he's most.
l. 113. burrs.
instead of ll. 167-170:

In fact the Fisher was amaz'd; as soon
Could he have judg'd Gold issued from the Moon;
But being taught, he griev'd with ail his heart,
For lack of knowledge in this precious art;

Letter 6.

l. 52. Socilitor.
l. 64. the far-resounding.
l. 75. buz.
l. 108. controul.
l. 114. Whose Sons aspiring, for Professions call.
l. 292. dosing.
l. 295. if he try.
l. 298. strait.
l. 306. doat.
l. 335. He'd balked.

Letter 7.

Synopsis, l. 6. Empiricks.
l. 8. Empirick.
instead of ll. 1-4:

From Law to Physic stepping at our ease,
We find a way to finish—by degrees;
Forgive the quibble, and in graver style,
We'll sing of those with whom we seldom smile.
l. 15. an hope.
l. 19. Physician.
instead of l. 59:

So Merit suffers, while a Fortune's made.
l. 64. the licenc'd Tribe.
l. 79. Coblers.
l. 80. Lyars.
l. 96. their Patents.
l. 111. Schirrus.
l. 124. Empirick's.
l. 147. fewel.
l. 156. intreats.
l. 257. controul.
l. 262. bar'd
l. 268. Ev'n. some who'd known him.
l. 271. neither reason.

Letter 8.

Synopsis, l. 5. After 'The Weaver an Entomologist, etc.
insert 'Hunting Butterflies,' etc.
l. 18. an high.
l. 27. expence.
l. 30. Th' estimate that's made.
l. 216. controul

Letter 9.

l. 17. an Hall.
l. 27. Sheers.
l. 64. Where.
l. 152. Expence.
l. 154. favouring Gale.
l. 176. this Envy.
l. 197. on the Waters float.
l. 198. Note.
l. 216. Shores to Shores.

Letter 10.

Synopsis, l. 5. Petulences.
l. 121. an happier few.
l. 123. not fretful.
l. 129. antient.
instead of ll. 165-6:

Against their Nature they might show their Skill
With small Success, who're Maids against their will.
l. 167. bashful muse.
l. 253, 258. Aye.
l. 293. Gulph.
l. 353. gregareous.
l. 382. tye.
l. 385. Himself to strengthen, or himself to shun;

Letter 11.

l. 55. Ribbands.
l. 78. the work of Treason done.
instead of ll. 79-80:

Have, like the Guillotine, the royal Neck
Parted in twain—the Figure is a Wreck;
l. 102. antient.
l. 136. Styes.
l. 143. Basons.
l. 185. antient.
l. 286. Controul.
l. 287. an Home.

Letter 12.

Synopsis, l. 6. An Heroine;
l. 8. Frederic.
l. 21. an House.
l. 54. an Hero's.
l. 65. Havock.
l. 75. Woe.
l. 87. Wane.
l. 94. in the appointed Course.
l. 105. pityful.
l. 136. Woe.
l. 148. Woe.
l. 185. teiz'd.
l. 195. Taylor's.
l. 202. Frederic.
instead of ll. 205-6:

It was not quite within the Merchant's line.
To think of College, but the Boy would shine.
l. 207. he'd prosper, none could doubt.
l. 214. Frederic.
l. 222. Frederic.
l. 236. authoriz'd:
between ll. 266-7:

Vice, dreadful habit! when assum'd so long,
Becomes at length inveterately strong;
As more indulg'd it gains the Strength we lose,
Maintains its Conquests and extends it Views;
Till the whole Soul submitting to its Chains,
It takes possession, and for ever reigns.
l. 282. an Home.
l. 298. an Home.
l. 330. an Hoy.
l. 332. Frederic.
l. 339. Enquiries.
l. 341. Frederic.
l. 347. Enquiry.
l. 356. an happier.
l. 369. Woe.

Letter 13.

Instead of ll. 5-6:

He wore his Coat till every Thread was bare,
And fed his Body with the meanest Fare;
l. 13. Crumbs.
l. 25. favorite.
instead of ll. 27-28:

Haunts have been trac'd to which he nightly went,
And serious Sums in private Pleasures spent;
l. 78. Controul.
l. 107. controul.
l. 121. Detracter.
l. 135. Enquiry.
instead of l. 173:

Small is his private Room: you'd find him there.
l. 188. an herd.
instead of ll. 191-2:

You'd meet Sir Denys in a morning Ride,
And be convinced he'd not a spark of Pride;
l. 202. Equipt.
l. 203. an Horse.
l. 207. An handsome Youth Sir Denys; and an Horse.
l. 214. Aye.
l. 226. cloath'd.
l. 244. controul'd.
l. 275. try'd.
l. 296. t' asswage.

Letter 14.

Synopsis, l. 6. Connections.
l. 17. Enquiry.
l. 31. Expences.
l. 49. try'd.
l. 58. antient.
l. 120. this final Hoard.
instead of l. 138:

Those whom he'd daily shaken by the hand.
l. 145. Billedeux.
l. 148. an useful.
instead of l. 165:

He'll even read to learn the Ill they've done.
l. 169. he'll dispose the Mind.
l. 212. antient.

Letter 15.

l. 19. and Poems.
l. 93. an Heart so fond, an Hand so priz'd;
l. 108. straiter.
l. 152. try'd.
l. 216. antient.

Letter 16.

Synopsis, l. 11. Dolly.
l. 86. Vallies.
l. 90. forebore.
l. 127. 'twould not believe its Eyes.
l. 128. 'Twould sadly glide.
l. 132. an huge.
l. 133. an huge.
l. 156. Breakfasts.
l. 159. teiz'd.
l. 183. railing.
l. 209. She held him babish and his Captives blind.
instead of ll. 211-213:

Her Sexe's Pattern, without Thoughts of Sex;
Our timid Girls and Lovers half afraid,
All shunn'd the Speeches of the frank old maid.
l. 230. antient.

Letter 17.

l. 7. Woe.
l. 17. all have.
l. 41. inclose.
l. 48. has never heard.
l. 78. Woe.
l. 113. bruize.
l. 138. an House.
l. 208. Tyes.
l. 248. place in view.
l. 261. well-dry'd.
l. 277. do the work.

Letter 18.

Synopsis, l. 8. Bye-Ways.
l. 12. antient.
l. 24. antient.
l. 94. antient.
l. 130. Woe.
l. 199. try'd.
l. 218. 'till he's run his Race.
l. 222. antient.
instead of l. 264:

Which that low Paling, form'd of Wreck, surround;
l. 270. relicks.
l. 318. an Handmaid.
l. 327. Virtue's.
l. 332. an Humourist.
l. 336. an Home.
l. 365. antient.
l. 369. contain.
l. 389. fry'd.
Notes. These appear in the first edition as footnotes.

Letter 19.

Instead of ll. 18-19:

This book-taught Man, with ready mind receiv'd
More than Church commanded or believ'd;
l. 64. their very Look's a charm.
l. 94. try'd.
l. 110. Abash'd.
l. 131. an hearing.
l. 196. Aisle.
l. 259. cry'd.
l. 269. not in inverted commas.
l. 299. enquir'd.

Letter 20.

Synopsis, l. 6. An Husband.
l. 7. The Men's.
l. 34. Darnly-Cottages.
l. 59. Chateux.
l. 97. an Hound.
l. 101. Woe.
l. 112. Woe.
l. 135. teiz'd.
l. 182. an Hovel's.
l. 196. affrighten'd.
instead of ll. 262-3:

I would all Memory of his Fate were fled
He was our second Child, our darling Ned;
l. 269. Slight.
l. 283. Tyger.
l. 299. might be proud.
Notes. These appear in the first edition as footnotes.
Note 1. l. 1. Southerwood.
l. 2. Artimisia.
Note 2. l. 2. tenor.
l. 6. teazing.
l. 10. teazed.

Letter 21.

l. 51. aukward.
l. 86. antient.
l. 110. thine Heart.
l. 122. (thou had'st them).
l. 183. laid.
l. 184. blest the dying Maid.
l. 211. Pedlar's.
l. 214. Entitled.
l. 218. stedfast.
l. 231. lead.
instead of l. 263:

Oh! please your Rev'rence, rev'rendly I said.
l. 289. woe.
Note. This does not appear in the first edition.

Letter 22.

Synopsis, l. 6. insipient.
l. 30. an happy Time.
l. 54. controul.
l. 69. enquir'd.
l. 165. an helping Hand.
l. 228. DÆmons.
l. 259. could'nt.
l. 361. DÆmons.

Letter 23.

Synopsis, l. 6. an Highwayman.
l. 78. succeed.
l. 89. The Folly diverse.
l. 102. an Home.
l. 105. try'd.
l. 165. enquiries.
l. 184. Woe.
l. 219. Controul.
l. 308. brouzes.

Letter 24.

l. 27. an heavy Load.
l. 104. Strife on both sides.
l. 129. an heavy Eye.
l. 188. All Hardship.
l. 250. illude the Burdens.
instead of l. 276:

Of Money wasted! when no taste remain.
l. 290. controuls.
l. 310. Dependants.
l. 334. bear.
l. 335. slily.
l. 339, footnote, not in first edition.
l. 380. savory.
l. 387. an high degree.

END OF VOL. I.

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Transcriber's Note:

Regarding the set of lines beginning with

"When shall I rest—O! let me, Night, [besiege]

440

Thy drowsy Ear with wailing, but be thou

[Tenacious] of my Guilt;

due to a page break it could not be said from the layout whether a new stanza began before; however, as the last line before that line ends in an em-dash, and since that usually indicates the end of a stanza, the line quoted above was treated as the beginning of a new stanza.

The header "POEMS" which is followed by a dedication, is not in the original Table of Contents, but from the content of the dedication it is clear that all following poems until The Borough are covered by this dedication, and are therefore sections to this part.

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