Tale XXII.

Variant of title:

THE FRIEND.

THE FRIEND.

THE FRIEND.

instead ofl. 14:

He was not made their Victim or their Dupe.

He was not made their Victim or their Dupe.

He was not made their Victim or their Dupe.

He was not made their Victim or their Dupe.

instead ofll. 51–2:

May now present a face of Griefs and pains,Where not a Grace or sprightly Look remains.(D.)

May now present a face of Griefs and pains,Where not a Grace or sprightly Look remains.(D.)

May now present a face of Griefs and pains,Where not a Grace or sprightly Look remains.(D.)

May now present a face of Griefs and pains,

Where not a Grace or sprightly Look remains.(D.)

instead ofll. 80–1:

But, though her Precepts I had not obeyed,Religious thoughts had made my Soul afraid.(D.)

But, though her Precepts I had not obeyed,Religious thoughts had made my Soul afraid.(D.)

But, though her Precepts I had not obeyed,Religious thoughts had made my Soul afraid.(D.)

But, though her Precepts I had not obeyed,

Religious thoughts had made my Soul afraid.(D.)

l. 147:

“Something to sweeten Labour; What care I?”(D.)

“Something to sweeten Labour; What care I?”(D.)

“Something to sweeten Labour; What care I?”(D.)

“Something to sweeten Labour; What care I?”(D.)

afterl. 196:

Of his successful Voyage we know full well;But I of no discovered Worlds can tell.(D.)

Of his successful Voyage we know full well;But I of no discovered Worlds can tell.(D.)

Of his successful Voyage we know full well;But I of no discovered Worlds can tell.(D.)

Of his successful Voyage we know full well;

But I of no discovered Worlds can tell.(D.)

l. 200:forworstreadEase.(D.)

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES PREVIOUSLY PRINTED.

Variants in transcripts from Belvoir MSS.These are distinguished as ‘B.’

Variants in Crabbe MSS. in the possession of the Cambridge University Press.These are distinguished as ‘U.P.’

Variants in Crabbe MSS. in the possession of Mrs. Mackay.These are distinguished as ‘M.’

l. 42. The noon and night.

l. 54. powers.(B.)

Title.forWritten at the request of the Duchess Dowager of Rutland ...readWritten at the request of Mary Isabella, Duchess Dowager of Rutland ...

l. 18.forrecessreadkeep.

l. 51.forThenreadThere.

l. 69.formassyreadmossy.

afterl. 74:

“I fear, when this my noble Work decays,None then shall live a rival Pile to raise.

“I fear, when this my noble Work decays,None then shall live a rival Pile to raise.

“I fear, when this my noble Work decays,None then shall live a rival Pile to raise.

“I fear, when this my noble Work decays,

None then shall live a rival Pile to raise.

afterl. 78:

In the still Night and in his Hours of Rest}Thoughts of the kind in Dreams his Soul possess’d;}He view’d the Place he lov’d, and what he felt express’d:}“Hail, favorite Seat, The Valley’s Crown and Pride!Would in thy Glory thou might’st still abide,Nor feel the Lapse of Ages; but thy Doom,Strong as Thou art, and Beautiful, must come.When thou art then but as a Ruin known,And a new Structure to that Age is shown,Like the First Temple’s shall thy Fortune be;The Old shall sigh an humble Dome to see;That Lord himself will say—‘In ancient Time,Not in our days, were built the Towers Sublime;We cannot equal Works so grand, so vast;The Wealth is wanted, and the Power is past,Gone is the Glory of the far-fam’d Hill;The Sons arrive not at their Fathers’ Skill,O’er what vast space the Noble Ruins press,And Time has done what Time cannot redress.’”

In the still Night and in his Hours of Rest}Thoughts of the kind in Dreams his Soul possess’d;}He view’d the Place he lov’d, and what he felt express’d:}“Hail, favorite Seat, The Valley’s Crown and Pride!Would in thy Glory thou might’st still abide,Nor feel the Lapse of Ages; but thy Doom,Strong as Thou art, and Beautiful, must come.When thou art then but as a Ruin known,And a new Structure to that Age is shown,Like the First Temple’s shall thy Fortune be;The Old shall sigh an humble Dome to see;That Lord himself will say—‘In ancient Time,Not in our days, were built the Towers Sublime;We cannot equal Works so grand, so vast;The Wealth is wanted, and the Power is past,Gone is the Glory of the far-fam’d Hill;The Sons arrive not at their Fathers’ Skill,O’er what vast space the Noble Ruins press,And Time has done what Time cannot redress.’”

In the still Night and in his Hours of Rest}Thoughts of the kind in Dreams his Soul possess’d;}He view’d the Place he lov’d, and what he felt express’d:}“Hail, favorite Seat, The Valley’s Crown and Pride!Would in thy Glory thou might’st still abide,Nor feel the Lapse of Ages; but thy Doom,Strong as Thou art, and Beautiful, must come.When thou art then but as a Ruin known,And a new Structure to that Age is shown,Like the First Temple’s shall thy Fortune be;The Old shall sigh an humble Dome to see;That Lord himself will say—‘In ancient Time,Not in our days, were built the Towers Sublime;We cannot equal Works so grand, so vast;The Wealth is wanted, and the Power is past,Gone is the Glory of the far-fam’d Hill;The Sons arrive not at their Fathers’ Skill,O’er what vast space the Noble Ruins press,And Time has done what Time cannot redress.’”

In the still Night and in his Hours of Rest}

Thoughts of the kind in Dreams his Soul possess’d;}

He view’d the Place he lov’d, and what he felt express’d:}

“Hail, favorite Seat, The Valley’s Crown and Pride!

Would in thy Glory thou might’st still abide,

Nor feel the Lapse of Ages; but thy Doom,

Strong as Thou art, and Beautiful, must come.

When thou art then but as a Ruin known,

And a new Structure to that Age is shown,

Like the First Temple’s shall thy Fortune be;

The Old shall sigh an humble Dome to see;

That Lord himself will say—‘In ancient Time,

Not in our days, were built the Towers Sublime;

We cannot equal Works so grand, so vast;

The Wealth is wanted, and the Power is past,

Gone is the Glory of the far-fam’d Hill;

The Sons arrive not at their Fathers’ Skill,

O’er what vast space the Noble Ruins press,

And Time has done what Time cannot redress.’”

l. 79.forsigh’dreadspake.

l. 111.forkingdomsreadislands.

l. 112.forAnd one great sovereignreadAnd but one sovereign.

afterl. 116:

“And all thy Building can of Fate obtainIs, that with his some Portion may remain.”

“And all thy Building can of Fate obtainIs, that with his some Portion may remain.”

“And all thy Building can of Fate obtainIs, that with his some Portion may remain.”

“And all thy Building can of Fate obtain

Is, that with his some Portion may remain.”

afterl. 120:

“I see them yet; Those Terraces I trace,That noble Tower, that light but sacred Place.Yes Time shall be that, what the Vision told,In very Truth shall that blest Age behold;And then this Mansion I so proudly made,These strong Foundations for my Glory laid,Shall to another yield its honour’d Name,And a new Belvoir shine in cloudless Fame.”

“I see them yet; Those Terraces I trace,That noble Tower, that light but sacred Place.Yes Time shall be that, what the Vision told,In very Truth shall that blest Age behold;And then this Mansion I so proudly made,These strong Foundations for my Glory laid,Shall to another yield its honour’d Name,And a new Belvoir shine in cloudless Fame.”

“I see them yet; Those Terraces I trace,That noble Tower, that light but sacred Place.Yes Time shall be that, what the Vision told,In very Truth shall that blest Age behold;And then this Mansion I so proudly made,These strong Foundations for my Glory laid,Shall to another yield its honour’d Name,And a new Belvoir shine in cloudless Fame.”

“I see them yet; Those Terraces I trace,

That noble Tower, that light but sacred Place.

Yes Time shall be that, what the Vision told,

In very Truth shall that blest Age behold;

And then this Mansion I so proudly made,

These strong Foundations for my Glory laid,

Shall to another yield its honour’d Name,

And a new Belvoir shine in cloudless Fame.”

l. 123.forpile shall minereadWork shalt thou.

l. 124.forhisreadthem.

l. 125.foritsreadthy.(B.)

Variant of title:

GUY OF WARWICK. A POEM IN PRAISE OF GUY.

GUY OF WARWICK. A POEM IN PRAISE OF GUY.

GUY OF WARWICK. A POEM IN PRAISE OF GUY.

l. 12.forsomereadher.

l. 39. her food was men.(U.P.)

Variant of title:

A DRAWING OF THE WATERLOO TREE.

A DRAWING OF THE WATERLOO TREE.

A DRAWING OF THE WATERLOO TREE.

afterl. 6:

Of him who bad the World’s disturber ceaseFrom his dire course, and gave the Nations peace.

Of him who bad the World’s disturber ceaseFrom his dire course, and gave the Nations peace.

Of him who bad the World’s disturber ceaseFrom his dire course, and gave the Nations peace.

Of him who bad the World’s disturber cease

From his dire course, and gave the Nations peace.

l. 14.forthyreadthis.

l. 19. Shall see thy glory.

l. 20.forareadtheir.

afterl. 27:

In times far off shall the ambitious MuseThat Field of Glory for her subject choose;When every spot where noble deeds were done—And not a spot was there unmarked by one—Each little space, unknown thro’ many a year,Shall then in some immortal verse appear.Here fell some Hero; there the foe beganTo feel his Fate and learn that he was Man,And doomed to yield—not now, as when he fled}Through Northern Climes, and o’er the frozen Bed}Of Icy Death, and o’er the unwounded Dead—}But Man to Man, and Troop to Troop, the lastHard Strife for Conquest—and then all was past.Here stood this Tree, and, tho’ no more it stands,Its very Picture our Respect commands,Thanks to the Skill that gives to many an EyeThe view that every Heart must gratify.Trees may, perhaps, of loftier kind be found,But none more glorious in the World around.

In times far off shall the ambitious MuseThat Field of Glory for her subject choose;When every spot where noble deeds were done—And not a spot was there unmarked by one—Each little space, unknown thro’ many a year,Shall then in some immortal verse appear.Here fell some Hero; there the foe beganTo feel his Fate and learn that he was Man,And doomed to yield—not now, as when he fled}Through Northern Climes, and o’er the frozen Bed}Of Icy Death, and o’er the unwounded Dead—}But Man to Man, and Troop to Troop, the lastHard Strife for Conquest—and then all was past.Here stood this Tree, and, tho’ no more it stands,Its very Picture our Respect commands,Thanks to the Skill that gives to many an EyeThe view that every Heart must gratify.Trees may, perhaps, of loftier kind be found,But none more glorious in the World around.

In times far off shall the ambitious MuseThat Field of Glory for her subject choose;When every spot where noble deeds were done—And not a spot was there unmarked by one—Each little space, unknown thro’ many a year,Shall then in some immortal verse appear.Here fell some Hero; there the foe beganTo feel his Fate and learn that he was Man,And doomed to yield—not now, as when he fled}Through Northern Climes, and o’er the frozen Bed}Of Icy Death, and o’er the unwounded Dead—}But Man to Man, and Troop to Troop, the lastHard Strife for Conquest—and then all was past.Here stood this Tree, and, tho’ no more it stands,Its very Picture our Respect commands,Thanks to the Skill that gives to many an EyeThe view that every Heart must gratify.Trees may, perhaps, of loftier kind be found,But none more glorious in the World around.

In times far off shall the ambitious Muse

That Field of Glory for her subject choose;

When every spot where noble deeds were done—

And not a spot was there unmarked by one—

Each little space, unknown thro’ many a year,

Shall then in some immortal verse appear.

Here fell some Hero; there the foe began

To feel his Fate and learn that he was Man,

And doomed to yield—not now, as when he fled}

Through Northern Climes, and o’er the frozen Bed}

Of Icy Death, and o’er the unwounded Dead—}

But Man to Man, and Troop to Troop, the last

Hard Strife for Conquest—and then all was past.

Here stood this Tree, and, tho’ no more it stands,

Its very Picture our Respect commands,

Thanks to the Skill that gives to many an Eye

The view that every Heart must gratify.

Trees may, perhaps, of loftier kind be found,

But none more glorious in the World around.

afterl. 30:

Yet no Memorial shall that Field requireThat shall the Soldier, that the Britton, fire;And many a Pilgrim to that Field shall go,}To see where stood the Chief when fled the Foe,}And talk at his return of Deeds at Waterloo.(U.P.)}

Yet no Memorial shall that Field requireThat shall the Soldier, that the Britton, fire;And many a Pilgrim to that Field shall go,}To see where stood the Chief when fled the Foe,}And talk at his return of Deeds at Waterloo.(U.P.)}

Yet no Memorial shall that Field requireThat shall the Soldier, that the Britton, fire;And many a Pilgrim to that Field shall go,}To see where stood the Chief when fled the Foe,}And talk at his return of Deeds at Waterloo.(U.P.)}

Yet no Memorial shall that Field require

That shall the Soldier, that the Britton, fire;

And many a Pilgrim to that Field shall go,}

To see where stood the Chief when fled the Foe,}

And talk at his return of Deeds at Waterloo.(U.P.)}

Afterl. 26:

The fond Esteem by Time endear’d,The Worth respected, lov’d, revered,Of either Heart the Knowledge gain’dThat nothing there is false or feign’d,And all the dear domestic CaresAnd Joys that Friendship soothes or shares.(U.P.)

The fond Esteem by Time endear’d,The Worth respected, lov’d, revered,Of either Heart the Knowledge gain’dThat nothing there is false or feign’d,And all the dear domestic CaresAnd Joys that Friendship soothes or shares.(U.P.)

The fond Esteem by Time endear’d,The Worth respected, lov’d, revered,Of either Heart the Knowledge gain’dThat nothing there is false or feign’d,And all the dear domestic CaresAnd Joys that Friendship soothes or shares.(U.P.)

The fond Esteem by Time endear’d,

The Worth respected, lov’d, revered,

Of either Heart the Knowledge gain’d

That nothing there is false or feign’d,

And all the dear domestic Cares

And Joys that Friendship soothes or shares.(U.P.)

Instead ofll. 3–4:

Must go, and leave my aching Heart,What must that Heart adore, behind me.

Must go, and leave my aching Heart,What must that Heart adore, behind me.

Must go, and leave my aching Heart,What must that Heart adore, behind me.

Must go, and leave my aching Heart,

What must that Heart adore, behind me.

l. 21.formakesreadwakes.

l. 28.forthosereadmore.(B.)

Title.The date, 4 March 1814,is added.

l. 6.forareadthe.

l. 12.fortoreaddo.

l. 13.forshouldreadto.(B.)

l. 5.forAsreadLike.

l. 7.forwhenreadwhile.

l. 8: He checks the Spirit that he tries to raise.

l. 22: Those Charms that seize the Eye or win the Heart.

l. 23.forpropitiousreadreturning.(M.)

l. 4: By borrowing Friendship’s softer Name.

instead ofll. 6–7:

And yet must all the Signs suppress,Nor look for those soft Smiles that cure.

And yet must all the Signs suppress,Nor look for those soft Smiles that cure.

And yet must all the Signs suppress,Nor look for those soft Smiles that cure.

And yet must all the Signs suppress,

Nor look for those soft Smiles that cure.

l. 9: When she kind Looks to others lend.

l. 11.forthenreadyet.

l. 12.fortormentsreadtears.

l. 15: And ever angry Thought correct.

l. 17.forsuchreadthese.

l. 19.forThesereadThe.forhopereadhopes.

l. 20.forThesereadThe.(B.)

[ON THE DEATH OF SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY.]

l. 16.forThou wouldstreadHe would.

l. 18.forthyreadhis.

l. 20.forwrestreadarrest.(U.P.)

l. 12.forThreereadThese.

l. 18.fortemperreadtender.forcriedreadsaid.

l. 19.fortestreadproof.

l. 35.forsayreadcry.

l. 40.forinreadon.(B.)


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