Given to clear view beneath a hoary veil
Of mists suspended on the evening gale. MS.]


[Variant 55:

1836.

The beams of evening, slipping soft between,
Light up of tranquil joy a sober scene. 1815.

Gently illuminate a sober scene; 1827.]


[Variant 56: In the editions 1815-1832 ll. 214, 215 follow, instead of
preceding, ll. 216-219.]


[Variant 57:

1845.

On the low brown wood-huts delighted sleep
Along the brightened gloom reposing deep. 1815.

Here, on the brown wood-cottages they sleep,
There, over lawns and sloping woodlands creep. 1836.

There, over lawn or sloping pasture creep. C.]