The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Volume II Part 204

The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Volume II Part 204

[60] or] nor MS. (1).


[61-4] om. MS. (1).]


[65] How sometimes from the hollow Trees MS. (1).


[69-72]


lookd There came and [*stard*] him in the face An[d] Angel beautiful and bright, And how he knew it was a fiend And yelld with strange affright.


MS. (1).


[74] lawless] murderous MS. (1).


[77] claspd] kissd MS. (1).


[79] meekly] how she MS. (1).


[87] faultring] trembling MS. (1) erased.


[90] guiltless] guileless MS. (1).


[Between 96 and 97]


And while midnight [*While*] Fancy like the [*nuptial*] Torch That bends and rises in the wind Lit up with wild and broken lights The Tumult of her mind.


MS. (1) erased.


[99]


And like the murmur of a dream


MSS. (1, 2).


_And_ [*in a*] murmur [*faint and sweet*]


MS. (1) erased.


[100]


[*She half p.r.o.nounced my name.*]


She breathed her Lovers name.


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[101-4]


I saw her gentle Bosom heave Th inaudible and frequent sigh; modest And ah! the [*bashful*] Maiden markd The wanderings of my eye[s]


MS. (1) erased.


[105-8] om. MS. (1).


[105] cheek] cheeks MS. (2).


[108] flew] fled MS. (2).


[109-16]


side And closely to my [*heart*] she pressd And askd me with her swimming eyes might That I [*would*] rather feel than see Her gentle Bosom rise.--


_Or_


side And closely to my [*heart*] she pressd And closer still with bashful art-- That I might rather feel than see The swelling of her Heart.


MS. (1) erased.


[111] And] Then MS. (2) erased.


[117]


And now serene, serene and chaste But soon in calm and solemn tone


MS. (1) erased.


[118] And] She MS. (1) erased. virgin] maiden MSS. (1, 2).


[120] bright] dear MS. (1) erased. beautous] lovely MS. (1) erased.


[125-8]


When last I sang of Him whose heart Was broken by a womans scorn-- And how he crossd the mountain woods All frantic and forlorn


MS. (1).


[129] sister] moving MS. (1).


[131] wrong] wrongs MS. (1).


[132] Ladie] Ladie MS. (2).


[After 132] _The Dark Ladie._ MS. (1).


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