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).

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

MS. (1).

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

[77] clasp'd] kiss'd MS. (1).

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

[87] fault'ring] trembling MS. (1) erased.

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

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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.

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[99]

And like the murmur of a dream

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

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[100]

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

She breathed her Lover's name.

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[101-4]

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

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

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

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

[109-16]

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

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

[117]

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

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

[120] bright] dear MS. (1) erased. beaut'ous] lovely MS. (1) erased.

[125-8]

When last I sang of Him whose heart Was broken by a woman's scorn-- And how he cross'd 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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