[Except in the case of short poems with unnumbered lines, or in that of
prefaces, mottos, notes &c. the line of the poem, not the line of the page,
is cited.]
PAGE I 1. II for chests read chiefs. p. 3 1. 5 for she's a read she, "'s a.
p. 4 1. 2 for beaut'y read beauty's. p. 5 l. 18 for moans read mourn.
1. 9 for stand read stands. p. 91. i for Shenstone's read Byrom's.
1. 31 for nature read Nature's. p. 20 1. 75 for devine read divine.
for unwraught read unwrought. ib. 1. 102 for pleasures read pleasure's.
p. 21 1. 116 for distant read distance. p. 23 1. 186 for desturb read disturb.
ib. 1. 196 for titt'ring read titt'rings. ib. note for puris read purus.
p. 24 1. 214 for sits read sets. ib. 1. 226 for fall read pall. ib. for refind
read refin'd. p. 27 1. 82 for to humble or to brave read too humble or too
brave. p. 28 1. 101 for Errors read Error's. p. 30 l. 153 for be read by.
p. 48 l. 41 for Meonides read Mæonides. ib. 1. 54 for triump'd read triumph'd.
ib. 1. 61 for Wonders read wanders. p. 49 1. 67 for Titerus read Tityrus.
ib. 1. 69 for Neareds read Nereids. ib. 1. 83 for glomiest read gloomiest.
ib. 1. 87 for Thompson read Thomson. ib. 1. 89 for years Verdent read year's
Verdant. ib. 1. 91 for Aspin read Aspen. p. 50 l. 104 for Vally read
Valley. ib. 1. 111 for glomier read gloomier. ib. 1. 118 for Challange
read Challenge. p. 51 1. 142 for Disapointment read Disappointment.
1. 149 for Currant read Current.
ib. 1. 160 for Eccho's read Echo's. p. 52
1. 185 for ignious read igneous. ib. 1. 201 for not read out.
ages read age's. ib. 1. 215 for ratling read rattling. P. 53 1. 235 for
Simphony read Symphony. ib. 1. 237 for Scence read Scene. p. 55 1. 295
for Fiend, fang'd read Fiend and fang'd. ib. 1. 297 for thretned read
threaten'd. ib. 1. 313 for Rotteness read Rottenness. p. 56 1. 343 for
distinguis'd read distinguish'd. ib. 1. 351 for Worldwind's read Whirlwind's.
P. 57 1. 379 for dispis'd read despis'd. p. 59 1. 439 for beseige read besiege.
ib. 1. 441 for tenaceous read tenacious. ib. 1. 446 for Death Thoughts read
Death, Thought's. ib. 1. 466 for Emminence read Eminence. p. 82 note
for Od. 8 read Od. 6. p. 87 1. 8 for Paneg. ad Pisones, Lucan read Paneg.
ad Pisones. p. 115 1. 543 for reverend read reverent.
p. 123 l. 118 for
Theirs read Their. p. 146 1. 157 for Indited read Indicted. p. 152 1. 393
for silly read slily. p. 1551. 8 for teneres read teneras. ib. 1. 15. The reading
in Shakspere is not furnish up, but finish up. p. 158 1. 8 for restat read
restet. p. 161 1. 139 for cives read chives. p. 182 1. 63 not in inverted
commas. p. 187 11. 235-6 not in inverted commas. p. 205 1. 270
for passion read passions. p. 211 1. 507 for Snowden's read Snowdon's.
p. 212 ll. 551-2 not in inverted commas. p. 230 l. 214 for One read one.
p. 232 1. 319 for Reubens read Rubens. ib. 1. 320 for shall read shalt.
p. 237 1. 96 for If read In.
as beginning of new stanza.
p. 238 1. 11. I'll know no more, not printed
p. 239 1. 36 not printed as beginning of new
p. 251 1. 4 for 22 read 22 and 23.
256 1. 4 for deplorant read deplangunt.
p. 284 1. 7 for scenes read place hath.
ib. 1. 17 for ver. 520 read vv. 519-523-
ib. not in inverted commas.
p. 252 1. 5 for dolor read labor.
p. 257 1. 22 for elmin read elmen.
tb. 1. 15 for discutient read discutiunt.
289 1. 154 (Lonely yet public stands) not enclosed sic in brackets. p. 292
299 for suceeds read succeeds. p. 301 1. 266 for thoughts and spirits read
thoughts' and spirit's. p. 303 1. 13 for of read o'er. ib. 1. 14 for while
p. 307 1. 132 for Comes read Come.
Churches read Church's. ib. 1. 12 for knew read know. ib. 1. 14 for Ohi
read Ah! p. 327 1. 528 for staid read stay'd. p. 328 1. 12 for xxvii.
read xxviii. p. 329 1. 6 for leader read captain. ib. 1. 8 for beer: all read
beer......all. ib. ib. for I read and I. ib. ll. 10, 11 for and they shall all
worship me as read and worship me. p. 336 1.7 for Manilius read Plaut.
Trucul. p. 340 l. 114 for professions read professions'.
P. 347 instead of
11. 4, 5 read as in text:
Finirent multi letho mala; credula vitam
Spes alit, et melius cras fore semper ait.
p. 364 1. 6 for Catull, lib. 3 read (Dionys.) Cato De Moribus III. 7.
for fatiscat read fatiscit. P. 374 1. 14 for Et read Sed.
ib. for juncta read
p. 407 1. 7 for pool read pond. ib. 1. 9 is followed in Shakspere
Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit.'
ib. 1. 12 for tibi read cui. ib. 1. 15 for
147 for reverend read reverent.
p. 428
p. 431 1. 5 six lines follow after 'Burning
ib. 1. 7 five lines follow after this fire.
follows after perpetual triumph.'
p. 439 l. 4 for who read that.
p. 451 l. 71 for birth read berth.
ib. for desines read desinis.
p. 502 1. 7 for my read our.
p. 519 1. 250 for illude read elude.
p. 417 1. 5 for quia read quam.
blessing read blessings. p. 422 1.
1. 114 for blissing read blessing.
Lamp.' ib. for wast read wert.
ib. An everlasting bonfire light!'
1. 8 for in a read with thee in the.
for in time read in the time.
1. 4 for Coepis read Coepisti.
for then read than.
lines follow after at taw.
1. 452 for Quixotte! read Quixote!
P. 480
p. 485 1. 166
P. 512 1. 24 six
P. 524
The (mis)quotation from Ovid in p.
on p. 284 as Pope's Homer's Iliad, bk.
work; and the stanza attributed on p.
Reliques.
cannot be identified; the lines quoted
vi. line 45' are not to be found in that
294 to Percy is not traceable to the
POEMS. Dedication and Preface. Variants in edition of 1807
Variants in edition of 1781 (first edition).
1. 16. for wo: woe. 1. 22. prevail. 1. 28. her old.
11. 51-54: Come then, and entering view this spacious scene,
This sacred dome, this noble magazine;
1. 57. asswage. instead of 11. 63-178:
In this selection, which the human mind
With care has made, for Glory has design'd,
All should be perfect; or at least appear
From falshood, vanity, and passion clear:
But man's best efforts taste of man, and show
The poor and troubled source from whence they flow;
His very triumphs his defeats must speak,
And ev'n his wisdom serves to prove him weak.
Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools,
Rules e'en the wisest, and in Learning rules;
From courts and crowds to Wisdom's seat she goes,
And reigns triumphant o'er her mother's foes:
Yon Folio's, once the darlings of the mode,
Now lie neglected like the birth-day ode;
There Learning, stuff'd with maxims trite though sage,
Makes Indigestion yawn at every page;
Chain'd like Prometheus, lo! the mighty train
Brave Time's fell tooth, and live and die again;
And now the scorn of men and now the pride,
The sires respect them, and the sons deride.
1. 183. every note and every comment.
judges are your rivals. instead of 11. 201-322:
But ne'er, discourag'd, fair attempts lay by,
For Reason views them with approving eye,
And Candour yields what cavillers deny.
She sees the struggles of the soul to steer
Through clouds and darkness, which surround us here,
And, though the long research has ne'er prevail'd,
Applauds the trial and forgets it fail'd.
followed by 11. 105—140 of the text; then continuing:
Wits, Bards and Idlers fill a tatter'd row;
And the vile Vulgar lie disdain'd below.
Amid these works, on which the eager eye
Delights to fix, or glides reluctant by
Where all combin'd their decent pomp display,
Where shall we first our early offering pay?
To thee PHILOSOPHY ! to thee, the light,
The guide of mortals through their mental night,
By whom the world in all its views is shown,
Our guide through Nature's works, and in our own;
Who place in order Being's wondrous chain,
Save where those puzzling, stubborn links remain,
By art divine involv'd, which man can ne'er explain.
These are thy volumes; and in these we look,
As abstracts drawn from Nature's larger book;
Here first describ'd the humble glebe appears,
Unconscious of the gaudy robe it wears;
All that the earth's profound recesses hide,
And all that roll beneath the raging tide;
The sullen gem that yet disdains to shine,
And all the ductile matter of the mine.
Next to the vegetable tribes they lead,
Whose fruitful beds o'er every balmy meed
Teem with new life, and hills, and vales, and groves,
Feed the still flame, and nurse the silent loves;
Which, when the Spring calls forth their genial power
Swell with the seed, and flourish in the flower:
There, with the husband-slaves, in royal pride,
Queens, like the Amazons of old, reside;
There, like the Turk, the lordly husband lives,
And joy to all the gay seraglio gives;
There, in the secret chambers, veil'd from sight,
A bashful tribe in hidden flames delight;
There, in the open day, and gaily deck'd,
The bolder brides their distant lords expect;
Who with the wings of love instinctive rise,
And on prolific winds each ardent bridegroom flies.
Next are that tribe whom life and sense inform,
The torpid beetle, and the shrinking worm;
And insects, proud to spread their brilliant wing,
To catch the fostering sunbeams of the spring;
That feather'd race, which late from winter fled,
To dream an half-existence with the dead;
Who now, returning from their six months' sleep,
Dip their black pinions in the slumbering deep;
Where, feeling life from stronger beams of day,
The scaly myriads of the ocean play.
Then led by Art through Nature's maze, we trace
The sullen people of the savage race;
And see a favourite tribe mankind attend,
And in the fawning follower find the friend.
1. 346. virtues seek.
1. 410. did ne'er 1. 422. Abridgements. 1. 431.
1. 432 Ere laws arose, ere tyrants bade them rise;
instead of 11. 441—2:
Bound by no tyes but those by nature made,
Virtue was law, and gifts prevented trade.
a song. instead of no tumults.
instead of 1. 454: Taught by some conquering friends who came as foes. 1. 477. Primæval. After 1. 478:
Now turn from these, to view yon ampler space,
There rests a sacred, grave and solemn race;
There the devout an awful station keep,
Vigils advise and yet dispose to sleep;
There might they long in lasting peace abide
But controversial authors lie beside,
Who friend from friend and sire from son divide:
Endless disputes around the world they cause
Creating now, and now controuling laws.
followed by 11. 223—266 of the text, with the ensuing variations :
Calvin grows gentle in this silent coast,
Nor finds a single heretic to roast:
Here, their fierce rage subdu'd, and lost their p ide
The Pope and Luther slumber side by side:
1. 245. 1. 248. Crumbs. 11. 249-256 omitted. instead of 1. 257: And let them lie-for lo! yon gaudy frames. dread. 1. 260. sparks of Grace. 1. 265. prophane, or impiously. 1. 537. What tho' neglect has shed. 1. 550. dæmons. 1. 555. strait. 1. 578. tipling. 1. 595. fancy'd.
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