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Rh [iv] Fayette beside King Lewis stood ; 13 He saw him sign his hand ; And soon he saw the famine ragfe About the fruitful land. [v] Fayette beheld the Queen to smile 17 And wink her lovely eye ; And soon he saw the pestilence From street to street to fly. [vi] Fayette beheld the King & Queen 31 In tears & iron bound ; But mute Fayette wept tear for tear, And guarded them around. fa' [vii] Fayette, Fayette, thou'rt bought & sold 25 And sold is thy happy morrow ; Thou gavest the tears of Pity away In exchange for the tears of sorrow. beheld] liked EY. 22 tears & iron] curses and iron WMR ; tears of iron EY. 24 Here follow in the MS. the deleted stanza : — ' Fayette, Fayette, thou'rt bought & sold For well I see thy tears Of Pity are exchanged for those Of selfish slavish fears.' and the deleted beginning of a stanza : — ' Fayette beside his banner stood, His captains false around, Thou'rt bought & sold ' EY reading ' I will see ' for ' well I see,' and ' King Lewis ' for 'his banner.' This again is followed by the stanza marked for erasure : — ' Who will exchange his own fireside For the steps of another's door? "Who will exchange his wheaten loaf For the links of a dungeon floor ? ' and the two deleted lines : — ' Who will exchange his own heart's blood For the drops of a Harlot's eye 1 ' 25-32 Fayette . . . floor] These stanzas were at first written in reversed order.