The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth Volume Iii Part 29

By peals of thunder, clap on clap!

And many a terror-striking flash;-- And somewhere, as it seems, a crash, 1819.]

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1820.

And rattling ... 1819,]

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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.]

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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.]

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1820.

... trouble ... 1819.]

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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 s.h.a.ggy 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.]

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1836.

Had tempted ... 1819.]

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1836.

Proceeding with an easy mind; While he, who had been left behind, 1819.]

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1820.

Who neither heard nor saw--no more Than if he had been deaf and blind, Till, startled by the Sailor's roar, 1819.]

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1819.

That blew us. .h.i.ther! dance, boys, dance!

Rare luck for us! my honest soul, I'll treat thee to a friendly bowl!" 1836.

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

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1836.

To _seek_ for thoughts of painful cast, If such be the amends at last. 1819.]

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1836.

... think ... 1819.]

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1819.

For soon among ... 1836.

The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

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