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From thy cheek & from thy eye, O'er the youthful harvests nigh. Infant wiles & infant smiles Heaven & Earth of peace beguiles.

-20 From. . . beguiles] all edd. omit this stanza. It has been printed, however, by Swinb., p. 124, who reads ' thine eye ' for ' thy eye ' in 1. 17. 19 Infant. . . infant] Female. . . female MS. Book 15/ rdg. del.

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Silent, Silent Night, i Quench the holy light Of thy torches bright ; For possess'd of Day, Thousand spirits stray 5 That sweet joys betray. Why should joys be sweet Used with deceit, Nor with sorrows meet ? But an honest joy lo Does itself destroy For a harlot coy.

MS. Book, p. 113. Without any corrections, and obviously transcribed from an earlier draft. No title in original. DGR and later edd. name ' Night and Day.' Svdnb. p. 133. EY omit in their Table of Contents to the MS. Book (i. 205). joys] love Swinb. 11 does] doth DGR, WMR, EY, WBY.

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O lapwing! thou fliest around the heath, Nor seest the net that is spread beneath. Why dost thou not fly among the corn fields? They cannot spread nets where a harvest yields.

MS. Book, p. 113. Without correction. Only printed by EY, i. 206. I thou] that EY. Rh