The text of 1827 returns to that of 1819.]
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Variant 26: 1836.... cheerfully ... 1819.] [Variant 27: 1827. Till he is brought to an old quarry, 1819.] [Variant 28: In the two editions of 1819 only. "What! would'st thou daunt me grisly den?Back must I, having come so far?Stretch as thou wilt thy gloomy jaws,I'll on, nor would I give two strawsFor lantern or for star!"] [Variant 29: 1820. And so, where on the huge rough stonesThe black and massy shadows lay,And through the dark, ... 1819.] [Variant 30: 1827. ... made ... 1819.] [Variant 31: In the two editions of 1819 only. Now you'll suppose that Peter BellFelt small temptation here to tarry,And so it was,--but I must add,His heart was not a little gladWhen he was out of the old quarry.] [Variant 32: 1827. Across that ... 1819.] [Variant 33: 1836.
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