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VARIATIONS.

VER. 11,12. It was in the first editions:—

And dwells such rage in softest bosoms then,

And lodge such daring souls in little men?

VER. 13–18 Stood thus in the first edition:—

Sol through white curtains did his beams display,

And op'd those eyes which brighter shone than they;

Shock just had given himself the rousing shake,

And nymphs prepared their chocolate to take;

Thrice the wrought slipper knock'd against the ground,

And striking watches the tenth hour resound.