By peals of thunder, clap on clap!
And many a terror-striking flash;-- And somewhere, as it seems, a crash, 1819.]
[Variant 29:
1820.
And rattling ... 1819,]
[Variant 30:
1836. (Compressing six lines into four.)
The voice, to move commiseration, Prolong"d its earnest supplication-- "This storm that beats so furiously-- This dreadful place! oh pity me!"
While this was said, with sobs between, And many tears, by one unseen; 1819.]
[Variant 31:
1845.
And Benjamin, without further question, Taking her for some way-worn rover, 1819.
And, kind to every way-worn rover, Benjamin, without a question, 1836.]
[Variant 32:
1820.
... trouble ... 1819.]
[Variant 33:
1845.
And to a little tent hard by Turns the Sailor instantly; 1819.
And to his tent-like domicile, Built in a nook with cautious skill, The Sailor turns, well pleased to spy His s.h.a.ggy friend who stood hard by Drenched--and, more fast than with a tether, Bound to the nook by that fierce weather, Which caught the vagrants unaware: For, when, ere closing-in ... 1836.]
[Variant 34:
1836.
Had tempted ... 1819.]
[Variant 35:
1836.
Proceeding with an easy mind; While he, who had been left behind, 1819.]
[Variant 36:
1820.
Who neither heard nor saw--no more Than if he had been deaf and blind, Till, startled by the Sailor"s roar, 1819.]
[Variant 37:
1819.
That blew us. .h.i.ther! dance, boys, dance!
Rare luck for us! my honest soul, I"ll treat thee to a friendly bowl!" 1836.
The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]
[Variant 38:
1836.
To _seek_ for thoughts of painful cast, If such be the amends at last. 1819.]
[Variant 39:
1836.
... think ... 1819.]
[Variant 40:
1819.
For soon among ... 1836.
The text of 1845 returns to that of 1819.]
[Variant 41: