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XLIII. In ed. 2:
So when at last the Angel of the drink Of Darkness finds you by the river-brink, And, proffering his Cup, invites your Soul Forth to your Lips to quaff it--do not shrink.
In the first draft of ed. 3 the only change made was from proffering to offering, but in ed. 3 the stanza a.s.sumed the form in which it also appeared in ed. 4. The change from the Angel to that Angel was made in MS. by FitzGerald in a copy of ed. 4.
XLIV. In ed. 2:
Is't not a shame--is't not a shame for him So long in this Clay suburb to abide!
XLV. In ed. 2:
But that is but a Tent wherein may rest.
XLVI. In ed. 2:
And fear not lest Existence closing _your_ Account, should lose, or know the type no more.
XLVII. In ed. 2:
As much as Ocean of a pebble-cast.
In ed. 3:
As the SEV'N SEAS should heed a pebble-cast.
XLVIII. In ed. 2:
One Moment in Annihilation's Waste, One Moment, of the Well of Life to taste-- The Stars are setting, and the Caravan Draws to the Dawn of Nothing--Oh make haste.
In the first draft of ed. 3 the third line originally stood:
Before the starting Caravan has reach'd
the rest of the stanza being as in edd. 3 and 4.
STANZA
XLIX. In ed. 2:
A Hair, they say, divides the False and True.
The change from does to may in the last line was made by FitzGerald in MS.
L. In ed. 2:
A Hair, they say, divides the False and True.
LII. In edd. 2 and 3:
He does Himself contrive, enact, behold.
LIII. In the first draft of ed. 3:
To-morrow, when You shall be You no more.
LIV. In ed. 2:
Better be merry with the fruitful Grape.
LV. In ed. 2:
You know, my Friends, how bravely in my House For a new Marriage I did make Carouse.
LVII. In ed. 2:
Have squared the Year to Human Compa.s.s, eh?
If so, by striking from the Calendar.
LXII. In ed. 2
When the frail Cup is crumbled into Dust!
LXIII. In ed. 2:
The Flower that once is blown for ever dies.
LXV. In edd. 2 and 3:
They told their fellows, and to Sleep return'd.
LXVI. In ed. 2:
And after many days my Soul return'd And said, Behold, Myself am Heav'n and h.e.l.l.
LXVII. In ed. 2:
And h.e.l.l the Shadow of a Soul on fire.
LXVIII. In ed. 2:
Of visionary Shapes that come and go Round with this Sun-illumin'd Lantern held.
LXIX. In ed. 2:
Impotent Pieces of the Game He plays.
LXX. In ed. 2:
