17From 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.
Vll
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.
Vlll
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.
