Like one intent upon a book--1819.]
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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 instrumentThe river's depth to sound--1819. So toward the stream his head he bent,And downward thrust his staff, intentTo reach the Man who there lay drowned.--1820.] [Variant 62: 1836.
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