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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

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The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]

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William Wordsworth·1770–1850
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Variant 23: 1836. large drops upon his head 1819.] [Variant 24: 1836. He starts-and, at the admonition,Takes a survey of his condition. 1819.] [Variant 25: 1836. A huge and melancholy room, 1819.] [Variant 26: 1836. ... on high ... 1819.] [Variant 27: 1836. The previous four lines were added in the edition of1820, where they read as follows: And suddenly a ruffling breeze(That would have sounded through the treesHad aught of sylvan growth been there)Was felt throughout the region bare: 1820.] [Variant 28: 1836. By peals of thunder, clap on clap!And many a terror-striking flash;--And somewhere, as it seems, a crash, 1819.] [Variant 29: 1820. And rattling ... 1819,] [Variant 30: 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.] [Variant 31: 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.] [Variant 32: 1820. ... trouble ... 1819.] [Variant 33: 1845.
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