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238 Egremont's Countess can controll The flames of Hell that round me roll; If she refuse, I still go on Till the Heavens & Earth are gone, Still admir'd by Noble minds, Follow'd by Envy on the winds, Re-engrav'd Time after Time, Ever in their Youthful prime. My Designs unchang'd remain. Time may rage, but rage in vain. For above Time's troubled Fountains, On the Great Atlantic Mountains, In my Golden House on high, There they shine Eternally.

7 can] dare MS. Book 1st rdg. del. 8 flames] doors ibid, ist )dg. del.

11 Noble] worthy ibid, 1si rdg. del. 15 unchang'd] shall still ibid. 1st rdg. del.

I rose up at the dawn of day — 'Get thee away! get thee away! Pray'st thou for Riches? away! away! This is the Throne of Mammon grey.'

Said I: this, sure, is very odd; I took It to be the Throne of God. For everything besides I have: It is only for Riches that I can crave.

MS. Book. p. 89, written immediately under and partly around an entry

dated Aug. 1807. R1 has stanzas 1, 2, 3, the first couplet of 6, then 4 and 7; Gil. i. 309, 310, prints 1, 2, 3, a fourth stanza formed of the first couplets of 6 and 4, a fifth stanza formed of the second couplet of 4 and the first couplet

of 5, then 7 ; Swinb. p. 128 (with title 'Prayer') arranges stanzas in the order 1, 2, 3, 6. 4, 5, 7 ; WMR follows Gilchrist with title 'Mammon' ; EY (i. 228) and WBY place stanzas in correct order, the latter with title 'The

Two Thrones.' 5 Said 1] I said R1 EY, WBY. 7 For everything] Everything R1, Gil., WMR ; Everything else EY, WBY. 8 It. . . crave] It's only riches that I can crave Gil., WMR ; It's only riches I can crave EY, WBY. It is] It's R1.