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[Variant 49:
1820.
Joy on ... 1819.]
[Variant 50:
1836.
... an endless shout, The long dry see-saw ... 1819.]
[Variant 51:
1836.
And Peter now uplifts his eyes; Steady the moon doth look and clear, And like themselves the rocks appear, And tranquil are the skies, 1819.
And quiet are the skies. 1820.]
[Variant 52:
1836.
Whereat, in resolute mood, once more He stoops the a.s.s's neck to seize-- Foul purpose, quickly put to flight!
For in the pool a startling sight Meets him, beneath the shadowy trees. 1819.]
[Variant 53:
1819.
... the gallows ... 1832.
The text of 1836 returns to that of 1819.]
[Variant 54:
1836.
Or a gay ring of s.h.i.+ning fairies, Such as pursue their brisk vagaries 1819.]
[Variant 55: In the two editions of 1819 only.
Is it a party in a parlour?
Cramm'd just as they on earth were cramm'd-- Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But, as you by their faces see, All silent and all d.a.m.n'd! [a]]
[Variant 56:
1827.
A throbbing pulse the Gazer hath-- Puzzled he was, and now is daunted; 1819.]
[Variant 57:
1836.
Like one intent upon a book--1819.]
[Variant 58:
1836.
And drops, a senseless weight, ... 1819.]
[Variant 59:
1827.
A happy respite!--but he wakes;-- And feels the glimmering of the moon-- And to stretch forth his hands is trying;-- Sure, when he knows where he is lying, He'll sink into a second swoon. 1819.]
[Variant 60:
1827.
... placid ... 1819.]
[Variant 61:
1827.
So, faltering not in _this_ intent, He makes his staff an instrument The river's depth to sound--1819.
So toward the stream his head he bent, And downward thrust his staff, intent To reach the Man who there lay drowned.--1820.]
[Variant 62:
1836.
