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TENNYSONIANA.
The first edition contained five lines omitted in all subsequent editions:
"But wink no more in slothful over trust,
Perchance our greatness will increase;
Perchance a darkening future yields
Some reverse from worse to worse,
The blood of men in quiet fields,
And sprinkled on the sheaves of peace."
Perchance our greatness will increase;
Perchance a darkening future yields
Some reverse from worse to worse,
The blood of men in quiet fields,
And sprinkled on the sheaves of peace."
A second edition appeared in 1853, considerably altered, and the poem was still further retouched, when it appeared in the "Maud" volume in 1855-56. Take one example:
1852.
"Where shall we lay the man whom we deplore?
Let the sound of those he wrought for,
And the feet of those he fought for,
Echo round his bones for evermore."
Let the sound of those he wrought for,
And the feet of those he fought for,
Echo round his bones for evermore."
1853.
"Where shall we lay the man whom we deplore?
He died on Walmer's lonely shore.[1]
But here, in streaming London's central roar,
Let the sound," &c.
He died on Walmer's lonely shore.[1]
But here, in streaming London's central roar,
Let the sound," &c.
- ↑ This line only occurs in the edition of 1853.
