The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth
Chapter 168 : ... ploughd land, ... 1800.] [Variant 8: 1815. ... the noise of the bowl, 1800] [Varia

... plough'd land, ... 1800.]

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1815.

... the noise of the bowl, 1800]

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On the works of the world, on the bustle and sound, Seated still in his boat, he look'd leisurely round; And if now and then he his hands did employ, 'Twas with vanity, wonder, and infantine joy.

Only in the text of 1800.]

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1815.

... were ... 1800.]

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1815.

For they all still imagin'd his hive full of honey; Like a Church-warden, Adam continu'd his rounds, 1800.]

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1837.

... this ... 1800.]

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1815.

... he kept to himself; 1800.]

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1820.

You lift up your eyes, "O the merciless Jew!"

But in truth he was never more cruel than you; 1800.

...--and I guess that you frame A judgment too harsh of the sin and the shame; 1815.]

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1815.

... scarce e'en ... 1800.]

[Variant 16: _Italics_ first used in 1815.]

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1815.

... lawn ... 1800.]

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He stood all alone like ... 1800.]

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1800.

... needs ... 1815.

The edition of 1827 returns to the text of 1800.]

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1815.

Both stable-boy, errand-boy, porter and groom; You'd think it the life of a Devil in H--l, But nature was kind, and with Adam 'twas well. 1800.]

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He's ten birth-days younger, he's green, and he's stout, Twice as fast as before does his blood run about, You'd think it the life of a Devil in H--l, But Nature is kind, and with Adam 'twas well.