VARIANTS ORTHOGRAPHICAL AND PUNCTUATIVE. In consulting the following lists it should be remembered that the general rule which may be established with reference to the substantives occurring in the original editions of The Seasons here noticed, viz. that they begin with a capital letter exceptions have been recorded is broken by the quarto of 17301), which uses small letters in this case (and also in the cases of adjectives. which sometimes commence with a capital in the other editions). When a noun has been quoted from the quarto, e. g. in order to indicate a punctuative variant preserved also in the subsequent texts, it has not been expressly noted that it takes a large initial in the latter.2) — The sign ||, only used after words closing up a verse, marks the absence of a stop. A ed. 1728 Spring. Bed. 1730, as in the quarto Ced. 1744, as in "The Works" D = ed. 1746. Hartford, CD 6 grace; B 9 paints; BCD 10 thee 21 delightless: CD 27 1 ethereal C Ethereal D 50 BC Plain || CD 7 Innocence and BCD BCD 12 Blasts: CD 14 Vale; CD him. BCD 28 Cold; CD 29 But, CD Life and CD 31 allsurrounding BCD 32 airs; BCD 34 Joyous, CD 36 Where C 40 Song and CD 41 Meanwhile inc. B Meanwhile, CD Share, CD 43 sidelong BCD 44 neighbouring BCD 45 Step; and, liberal, CD 49 breezes, BCD 50 showers, BCD Nor ye C Nor, ye, D 54 Ear: CD 56 its B 62 War; then, CD 71 ports; BCD 61 lance B turbulent CD 80 Earth, CD 91 gales; CD 81 Hues; CD 93 once, CD 52 Nor, ye B Height CD 68 unbounded! CD 69 azure 74 land, BCD 77 Delicious, CD thee, BCD 88 whitens; BCD 98 embryo BCD 99 its BD 1) And also by the separate octavo editions of the Seasons founded upon the text of the quarto (see pp. VI, XI), which, however, have not been noticed here. 2) Neither have I taken account of the suppression of the apostrophe in the words tho and thro, an unimportant, typographical singularity of the edition of 1746. VARIANTS ORTHOGRAPHICAL AND PUNCTUATIVE XIII CD 111 132 onions, 181 Breeze, CD Town, C 100 Smoke, CD 104 Sweet-briar C Sweet-bryar D 229 ethereal CD 193 Even BCD 240 glory; BCD 242 vanish'd D 275 Talk, successive, C 279 Deed, CD 285 Rays, 289 359 vast; 291 Music C Whole C 292 heard, BCD 295 con- 372 Waters; CD 373 forth; CD 381 food; B 376 now, B 383 Nu- Rain || D 407 People, 413 What D 384 its B 386 Lion CD 398 fruits, BC [392] When with D [411] [439] abandon'd to D [440] gaily D [445] Lily D [446] Its D [450] born D [451] High in D [456] Landskip, D 429 boast, BCD 430 its D creation, BCD hers? BD, her's? C 431 he B 437 Colours; CD Power, CD 440 round. A round? BCD 441 Yet tho D 442 then, BCD 443 love; BD Love: C 446 Dews and D 450 Lily D 451 Grass, CD 452 luxuriant; BCD Bank, CD 454 shines; B 458 Beams. CD 463 wild; BCD way, B 469 and, BC 470 its BD ethereal D 472 taught: and B 473 Wild-thyme C 476 its BD 484 æthereal B etherial CD 488 Grace: CD 489 first; CD 492 auriculas a B 496 Freaks: CD 497 Father Dust, D 504 Nor, CD 510 knee; BCD shower'd BCD Thoughts, CD Master-hand, CD 513 Thee, B 498 and, D Bush, CD 468 [452] Pride the D Damask-r -rose. CD 511 Continual, CD climb; BCD Vegetative C 515 Ether, CD 516 soils, BCD 518 tide; BCD 519 thy BC Command the CD 521 wintry CD now in CD dance, BCD 526 536 begin, BCD 537 thought, 542 musick BCD 544 he BCD 551 kind contending CD 557 Bullfinch CD 558 furze BCD 559 these, B These || CD 564 Pipe discordant CD 570 kind D 571 way CD 573 her. B 579 inspir'd, CD 580 then, CD 581 approach; BCD 583 rotation CD 594, 595 its BD 600 soothe CD 603 Domes; CD 611 Hair and D wool; BC oft, when unobserv'd, BCD 612 Straw: CD soft and CD 617 Her 621 place CD moment, CD 623 Young, CD 624 Warm'd 627 O CD 628 Care, CD 629 hearts? B 640 neighbouring BCD 649 hot pursuing BCD 655 its brightening BCD 659 musick B 660 persuade. 664 when, CD 667 Robb'd BCD 669 poplar CD shade; 670 Where, BCD all abandon'd BCD despair, BCD CD D CD BCD BCD 676 Bounds, CD 697 on. CD lengthening D CD 703 sea, B its B [684] Love, 651 tyrant 674 677 Ardent, disdain; CD and, CD Life and D 701 rejoicing never [754] (Note) Western D [760] which, D 712 rook; B 714 Houshold-Kind. CD 717 ardour CD 721 Gale; CD 733 Brutes, CD below, BCD 735 deep-scorch'd, CD 737 Scarce seen CD 741 Sense. CD 743 Fight; and, CD idly butting, B idly-butting, CD 755 wild he CD 756 flies; CD aërial CD 754 joy, B 748 battle BCD 757 And, CD the aerial В the 761 such CD 763 Nor un 758 then, CD steep-descending, BCD force CD 762 frantick BCD Heart and CD delighted, CD 765 Ooze and D 766 flounce and CD un770 heart; B 771 wolf; B bear; B weildy B 772 fell; B 793 And, CD 773 Libyan B 781 him BCD 783 way, and that, B convolv'd, ancient CD 790 Broil: CD 791, Labours, BCD Law, but God? BCD 803, work; CD 804 806 appears: CD 808 falling, B 813 his B 816 his B 822 thee, B 827 Tenderness and CD 830 vye CD another's CD 838 yourselves; 845 unexplor'd; CD 849 abroad; 835 Hence! D 837 unfeeling, B away. BC yourselves; away! D BC 850 world; BCD 852 human CD 854 exhalts B 856 sunny CD 860 degrees CD 864 God to CD [939] its D 865 power B 867 impelling, B impell'd, B 870 wide-rejoicing B 876 spirits in B 877 Cheek a CD 881 heaves, CD 885 exstatic D 887 Hearts: CD 888 sigh; BCD beware; CD 899 lies, CD eye, B 897 late || A late, BCD 898 Torrent-Softness CD 900 away: B away; CD while BCD Soul, CD 902 form; BCD grace; BCD 903 eye, BCD [912] Hours; CD [916] Design, against CD 913 rosy bosom'd B 916 she BCD 919 Friends; D 920 social CD sits; C 922 while borne away, CD 927 love-dejected CD 929 Glooms; CD 931 Romantic, CD 932 heart-thrilling CD 934 Lilies, CD 936 day, BCD 938 through C 939 degrees, CD 940 he BCD 943 World || CD 944 care, B 945 midnight BCD drear; BCD 947 page, BCD 962 a while BCD 967 crouds BCD distress'd; CD 968 secret-winding flower-enwoven CD 978 shore; BCD 980 vain; CD 1034 Soul; CD days: BCD 999 sunny CD 1024 waste. CD 965 mimick D borne BCD 981 distance CD 992 fairy CD Prospects, CD 998 then instead BCD love1004 Fears || CD 1016 Veins: CD 1025 they! BCD happiest CD 1036 Confidence: CD 1038 him, BCD 1041 1043 desire, BCD feel; BCD 1045 possess'd CD 1047 Those D 1048 Nature live, CD 1050 its BD 1052 wish; CD 1054 mind-illumin'd CD mony, BCD 1058 Degrees, C 1061 lustre and B CD 1069 you whom B ye, whom CD 1072 1075 fly. The BCD 1077 them BCD 1082 they B. cements in BCD Summer. 1055 har1063 Care. Heart: CD Variations of B (ed. 1730, 4 to) from A (ed. 1727). 4 comes, 11 And on 15 hermit seat, 17 fix'd serious 20 ecstasy soul. 21 power, 23 Thus 30 machine. 38 White when 67 walk? 71 ætherial main, 65 craves; 77 chearer Light! 79 robe! 83 brightness, thee! 85 That in 86 number at 97 not as now the 100 thee 103 rays, 111 you 74 looks in 80 beauty all effusion from thee 99 gladness; life; 98 thee! thee 119 thee, 120 Bends unwitholding to 115 thee concocted blushes; 121 power; 123 129 compact; 131 æther, 127 rock itself impregn'd by thee, thee, fair. 132 thee 141 Thick thro' 133 radiance, 134 thee opal play 142 flying several from 155 glance extensive 158 great delegated 160 him, 168 would loosening reel 169 Wide from 140 But all 146 thee 161 light || 170 yet was 172 works in 173 full harmonic 174 thee 176 me 167 he 177 broad illumin'd 180/81 glooms || Pensive 182 excursive soar. 183 piercing 186 till all 194 can unpitying see 196 so 198 they 187 seems, I muse, or with they 233 235 snatch'd immediate by 242 he 246 238 chief to 252 watch he 256 he dreadful darts, 259 backward grimly 264 him muses thro' 268 presuming impious 273 mind? 277 around, yet blindly 282 As with accent to 290 then alone let 297 day. 306 them 308 air a 309 310 all || 311 pole is 317 And o'er 320 draught: he 322 scythe; the mower sinking heaps 323 him 329 impetuous hurl 331 heat, 332 temples potent thus 333 hard! incessant still you flow, 335 profuse. In 336 And restless turn, 338 endure! The 339 sight, 340 dance; 342 Hangs deathful on limbs; nerves; 345 he! that on 356 thickets, 365 watch; 371 plain; 372 compose: 377 strong laborious 386 herd; 387 That bent: to 414 virtue 362 he 363 Cold thro' 375 and often bending sip 378 Which incompos'd he 385 Light fly startling scatters 411 Extatic felt; 413 struggling 417 tryals fated to 418 who devoted gives zealous to 425 Shook sudden from 426 shapes or Arrous'd, 431 Pronounce distinct. "Be us 432 434 pursuit. 435 Once some us, thee, |