ΤΟ ―. Page 41. 1829; 1845; BROADWAY JOURNAL, II. 11. Text, 1845. Variations of 1829 from the text. I. 2 birds, (o. c.) II. I enshrined (enshrin'd) 3 O (O!) III. 3 the (0.) 4 baubles (trifles). Broadway Journal shows no variations. EDITOR'S NOTE. To whom this poem may have been addressed is still a matter of conjecture. TO THE RIVER Page 42. 1829; BURTON'S GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 1839; PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY MUSEUM, MARCH 4, 1843; 1845; BROADWAY JOURNAL, II. 9. Text, Griswold, which follows Saturday Museum. Variations of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine from the text. -- I. 1 bright, (o. c.) 2 crystal, wandering (labyrinthlike) 6 daughter; (.) II. 1 looks ()) 2 Which ((Which) (.) 5 his (my) 5, 7 beam, (o. c.) 8 of her). (,) 2 trembles. 3, then, (o. c.) 4 resembles ; −)5 stream, (—) 7 His (The) as searching (The scrutiny of Variations of 1829 from the text. I. 2 crystal, wandering (labyrinth-like) 6 daughter; II. resembles; (-) 5, as (—) 5 stream, 5 his (my) 7 His (The) 7 beam (beam,) 8 Of her soulsearching (The scrutiny of her). Variations of Broadway Journal from the text. II. 5 his (my) 7 His (The). EDITOR'S NOTE. The river is the emblem of the glow of beauty in the heart of old Alberto's daughter, who when she looks into the waves sees herself, just as her soul-searching eyes look into her lover's heart and find her own image. Το ΤΟ Page 43. (I HEED NOT THAT MY EARTHLY LOT). 1845. ALONE, MS. | To M; 1829. | Text, 1845. The earliest form of this poem (1829) is as follows : — To M O! I care not that my earthly lot Hath little of Earth in it That years of love have been forgot In the fever of a minute — 3 It is not that my founts of bliss 4 'Tis not that the flowers of twenty springs Lie dead on my heart-strings With the weight of an age of snows. On my grave is growing or grown FAIRY-LAND. Page 44. 1829, 1831; BURTON'S GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 1839, 1845; BroadwaY JOURNAL, II. 13. Text, 1845. Variations of 1829 from the text. Line 7 Every (Ev'ry) 8 Forever (For ever) 10 faces. (;) 12 One (One,) 12 filmy (i.) 13-14 ( 1) 13 sort (kind) 20 over balls (and rich) 27 0 (0. d.) 27 O, (!) Note to l. 33 [Plagiarism see the Works of Thomas Moore - passim — [Edr.] ] 43 again (again,) 44 (Never contented things ([The unbelieving things]). The verbal variations of Burton's are the same as those of 1829. Variations of Broadway Journal from the text. Line 4 over (over.) 12 One (One,) 12 filmy (i.) 28 sleep. (!) The 1831 version is as follows :— FAIRY-LAND. Sit down beside me, Isabel, Here, dearest, where the moonbeam fell Just now so fairy-like and well. Now thou art dress'd for paradise! I am star-stricken with thine eyes ! Like flowers by the low breath of June! You know that most enormous flower - that what d' call it ye That rose So like a thing alive you know, I tore it from its pride of place SO The winds ran off with it delighted, that hung And this ray is a fairy ray — With a spiral twist and a swell, In my own country all the way Which thro' some tatter'd curtain pries Is by (the very source of gloom) O, when will come the morrow? The night and the wonders here? Huge moons Again see! wax and wane again—again. Every moment of the night Forever changing places! How they put out the starlight With the breath from their pale faces ! Lo! one is coming down With its centre on the crown Of a mountain's eminence ! Down still down and down |