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f peace and sleep are tears, and quietlyThem soothe from whose uplifted eyes they fall _310But... ANOTHER FRAGMENT (B) Her hair was brown, her sphered eyes were brown,And in their dark and liquid moisture swam,Like the dim orb of the eclipsed moon; Yet when the spirit flashed beneath, there came _315The light from them, as when tears of delightDouble the western planet’s serene flame. NOTES:_19 strange edition 1839; deep edition 1824._74 feed an Bodleian manuscript; feed on editions 1824, 1839. _124 [1. The Author was pursuing a fuller development of the idealcharacter of Athanase, when it struck him that in an attempt atextreme refinement and analysis, his conceptions might be betrayedinto the assuming a morbid character. The reader will judge whether heis a loser or gainer by this diffidence. [Shelley’s Note.]Footnote diffidence cj. Rossetti (1878); difference editions 1824,1839.] _154 beneath editions 1824, 1839; between Bodleian manuscript._165 One Bodleian manuscript edition 1839; An edition 1824._167 Thus thro’ Bodleian manuscript (?) edition 1839; Thus had edition 1824._173 talk they edition 1824, Bodleian manuscript; talk now edition 1839._175 that edition 1839; the edition 1824._182 So edition 1839; And edition 1824._183 Or on Bodleian manuscript; Or by editions 1824, 1839._199 eve Bodleian manuscript edition 1839; night edition 1824._212 emotion, a swift editions 1824, 1839;emotion with swift Bodleian manuscript._250 under edition 1824, Bodleian manuscript; beneath edition 1839._256 outstrips editions 1824, 1839; outrides Bodleian manuscript._259 Exulting, while the wide Bodleian manuscript._262 mountains editions 1824, 1839; crags Bodleian manuscript._264 fountains editions 1824, 1839; springs Bodleian manuscript._269 chasms Bodleian manuscript; chasm editions 1824, 1839._283 thine Bodleian manuscript; thy editions 1824, 1839._285 Investeth Bodleian manuscript; Investest editions 1824, 1839._289 light Bodleian manuscript; bright editions 1824, 1839. ***
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