[Variant 17:
1820.
Can I forget that miserable hour, 1798.
It was in truth a lamentable hour 1802.]
[Variant 18:
1798.
I saw our own dear home, that was ... 1802.
The edition of 1820 returns to the text of 1798.]
[Variant 19:
1827.
... many and many a song 1798.]
[Variant 20:
1800.
... little birds ... 1798.]
[Variant 21:
1836.
His father said, that to a distant town He must repair, to ply the artist"s trade. 1798.
Two years were pa.s.s"d, since to a distant Town He had repair"d to ply the artist"s trade. 1802.]
[Variant 22:
1802.
Four years each day with daily bread was blest, By constant toil and constant prayer supplied. 1798.]
[Variant 23:
1836.
Three lovely infants lay upon my breast; 1798.]
[Variant 24:
1842.
When sad distress... 1798.]
[Variant 25:
1836.
... from him the grave did hide 1798.
... for him ... 1820.]
[Variant 26:
1798.
... which ... Only in 1820.]
[Variant 27:
1836.
... could ... 1798.]
[Variant 28:
1798.
But soon, day after day, ... 1802.
The edition of 1820 reverts to the reading of 1798.]
[Variant 29:
1836.
... to sweep ... 1798.]