The Ring Given to Venus

A=Huntington

B=1867

C=1890

D=1896

Line	A, B, and C Texts:	D Text:
Number
Argument	A: Argument.	The Argument.
	B,C: ARGUMENT.
Argument	[upper and lower case]	[all caps]
Argument	A,B: Goddess Venus	goddess Venus,
12	A: seives	sieves
12	A,B: women’s	woman’s
13	A: Over the	O’er
13	A: bore	carried down
14	A: From hidden caves the golden ore;	The golden sand from caves unknown;
50	A: Gods	gods
59	A: troubles	trouble
74	A: Ill	ill
86	A: God	god
100	[11 lines of draft unexcised before l. 100]
102	A: Kings	kings
107	A: King’s	king’s
108	A: show greater	show forth greater
128	A: And ever	So wandering
135	A: Knight and King	Knight and king;
141	C: Óileus	Oileus
143	A: Since there must woe be fair and sweet	Since woe itself must there be sweet
149	A: were	where [error, corrected]
161	A: That	Which
163	A: that	a day
175	A: those	these
188	A: wherein in did	wherein did
196	[missing in A]	Who scattered flowers from slender hand,
197	A: That	And
213	A: Keeping	Sat, keeping
240	A: well set	close-set
253	A: sun’s light	sun thrown
254	A: Cast on its glittering daisies white,	Upon its daisies glittering strewn,
276	A: ancles	ankles
281	A: yolk	yoke
334	A: new risen up B: new-risen-up	new-risen
348	[21 lines of draft unexcised before l. 348]
349	A: Heaven	heaven
353	A: thence	then
370	A: Tisbe	Thisbe
377	A: who heards’t	that heardst
377	A: Tisbe’s	Thisbe’s
435	A,B,C: mind’st	mindst
437	A: Serendid	Serendib
439	A: The black folk then	Well, the black folk
440	A: Were unto me the best of men	E’en saved my life from that ill stroke
	B,C: E’en saved my life from that ill stroke,
441	A: And saved me,	By leechcraft;
445	A: I shall forget it soon I deem	A thing to be right soon forgot
446	A: no dream	is not
447	A: shall seem to be,	An empty dream,
463	A: muffled closely then,	muffled up and hid,
464	A: And shrinking by his serving men	Shrinking, betwixt his servants slid,
	C: Shrinking, betwixt his servants slid
465	A: Now got at last	For now he had
495	A: changing ‘neath the moon	change soon, and depart
496	A: Yet gathering heart and courage soon	From out their midst; but gathering heart
	B: From out her midst; but gathering heart,
	C: From out their midst; but gathering heart,
499	A,B: was	were
510	A: the pain	the joy and pain,
515	A: [omitted]	A never-ending game to be,
516	A: To be a rich eternity	A fair and rich eternity
530	A: [underlined] B,C: [italics]	[no italics]
536	A: [underlined] B,C: [italics]	Fair Marguerite [no italics]
544	A: It	Its
545	A: The	Its
558-572	A: [underlined, except 566]	[no italics]
	B,C: [italics]
561	A: therefore	therefor
585	A: exstacy	ecstasy;
586	A: [omitted in A]	His soul grew blind, his eyes could see;
610	A: councilling	counselling
621	A: deed	curse
622	A: [line omitted]	Some laugh whereby is honour gone
623	A: unameable	unnameable
633	A: Perchance well [forgot to cross out “Perchance”]	Well,
642	A: passing	going
665	A: [line omitted]	With eyes made grave by their intent
666	A: so from	From out
668	A: went	passed
669	A,B: amid	amidst
685	A: abode	bode
708	A,B: look	looked
718	A,B: oaken	beechen
721-22	A: Nor heeded that his friend said nought.	Nor heeded that the youth spake wild,
	Nor asked what matter had him brought.	Nor that his old friend coughed and smiled,
723-26	Edgewise at last he thrust his word	As ill at ease, while the priest spake;
	Through all this talk; and as he spake	Then from his cloak a purse did take,
	From out his cloak a purse did take. Palumbus heard [failed to bridge “thrust his word” with “Palumbus heard”]	And at the last pushed in his word
	B,C: [same as D except “spake,” in line 723]	Edgewise, as ‘twere. Palumbus heard
745	A: fears	fear
748	A,B: for a short	a little
751	A,B: thou art	ye are
754	A: at least	and hope
755	A: she [error]	he
765	A: went those two again	doubtful went the twain,
772	A: belfrey	belfry
779	A: Doubtful	Lingering
798	A: lands	land
799	A: Lie	Lies
811	A: wakefully	carefully
814	A: Nor heed thee not much [failed to cross out “much”]	And heed thee not;
829	A: and low	as one
830	A: As one who well a task doth know	Who knows the task that must be done,
845	A: as wise men say—	remembering
846	A: Still mindful of their glorious day—	Their glory, once so great a thing.
	B: Their glory once so great a thing— C: Their glory, once so great a thing—
847	A: Men say, “and could they come again”	I have said: Could they be once more
848	A: [omitted]	As they have been; but all is
	B,C: As they have been,—but all is o’er,	o’er,
	[3 lines in A become 4 in B]
853	A: have have	have
873	A: hands	hand
874	A: shear	sheer
875	A: were strewn	strewn
877	A,B,C: path	part
879	A: night	eve
883	A: Heaven	heaven
903	A: overhead fields of thin white clouds	o’erhead fields of thin white cloud
896	A: minster organ	some unknown thing
902	A: some	a
910	A: flys	flies
928	A,B: marsh-lights	marsh lights
944	A: So	Full
959	A: The	Or
967	A: The bore swept on	A great wave swept
980	A: had he great	sore had he
983	A: night brushing	nigh-bird’s brushing
1046	A: then	there
1076	A: [omitted]	Who knows where first it saw the day?
1080	A: lightening	lightning
1099	A: but little	Then somewhat of a
1101	A: slow they went	faint they moved
1107	A: departed	just sundered,
1142	A: forgat	forgot
	A: drave	drove
1185	A: gat	got
1189	A,B,C: foredone	fordone
1190	A,B: Confused clamor heard he grow	Heard he confusèd clamor grow
1196	C: stil	still
1205	A: King	king
1206	A,B: sceptered	sceptred
1210	A: But	And
1214	A: A steed	A wondrous steed
1221	A: feeds	feed
1233	A: things	thing
1268-73	B,C: [italics]	[no italics]
1276	A,B,C: born	borne.
1280	A: lovingly	longingly
1325	A: And nought	Nor ought

Bellerophon in Lycia

A = Huntington

B=1868-70

C=1890

D = 1896

The heroine’s name appears as Philonoë in the 1868-70 and 1890 editions, and as Philonoe in the Huntington manuscript and 1896 edition.

Line	A, B, and C Texts:	D Text:
Number
Argument	A: Argument B,C: Argument.	The Argument.
Argument	A,B,C: [upper and lowercase]	[all caps]
18	C: hey	they
20	A: Hath he much care	Small care he hath
45-46	[missing]	Till to the King they came: e’en such a man
		As sixty summers made not pinched or wan,
61	A: sayest thou then?”	sayest thou?
62	A: among all men	mid all men now
69	A: Unto my master; and today I bring	Unto my lord; from whom I bring to thee
70	A: An unknown nessage from the Argive king	A message written by him privily,
87	C: ful	full
107	A: the merry tide that brought	the fair and merry tide
108	A: So fair a guest to slay all troublous thought.	That set so blithe a fellow by his side.
117	A: he should say	word he bear
118	A: Too soft the Lycians live from day to day B: Too soft that now the Lycian folk live here,	That now too soft the Lycian folk live here,
120	A: grand ames	granddames
123	A: God	god
127	A,B,C: edged	edge
135	A: earth, as toward the goal they ran	earth. And still all things fared so,
136	A: And still all went so, that whatever man	That all who with the hero had to do
137	A: Strove with Bellerophon in any way	Deemed him too strong for mankind; or if one
	[3 lines inserted after 137]
	In time to come thereof would ever say
	That as the strife of God and man their strife
	Was on that tide; or if perchance one won
138	A: Some seeming victory on Bellerophon	Gained seeming victory on Bellerophon,
162	A: King	king
176	A: Steneoboea [pattern repeated throughout]	Sthenoboea
193	A: wish it seemed,	wish it was,
194	A: But yet a wish for something erewhile dreamed,	A wish for something that full swift did pass,
195	A: And now forgotten.	To be forgotten.
209	A: To thee as unto Gods are mortal men	To thee, as men are to the Gods above;
210	A: What thing has moved thine heart to warm me then?	And what thing, then, thy heart to this did move?
212	A: but the maid	and the maid
227	A: Kith and Kin	kith and kin
233	A: Where at the oars still sat thy ready men;	Where bode thy men ready at bench and mast;
234	A: But in my dream didst thou draw nigh me then,	But in my dream thou cam’st unto me fast,
236	A: Kings	kings
242	A: fallest	fellest
243	A: lay B: layst	lay’st
246	A: Except that dead before me thou didst lie;	Except that thou wert laid stark dead anigh.
250	A: [underlined] B,C: [italics]	[no italics]
256	A: God	god
258	A: [underlined] B,C: [italics]	[no italics]
269	B,C: n’er	ne’er
279	A: of King,	of the King,
309	A: eves	eaves
330	A: whosoe’er	whoso
342	A: midst of them	through these folk
357	A: Godless	godless
380	A: But when Bellerophon these words did hear,	So, as Bellerophon drew more anear,
384	A: new hurt	new-smitten
403	A: God	god
431	A,B: When	Then
464	A: Philone B,C: Philonë	Philonoe
	[pattern repeated throughout]
464	A: And saith withal, Philonoë	And saith these words withal: Philonoe
	B,C: And saith these words withal, Philonoë
464-472	[passage beginning “Philonoe”]	[rubricated]
	A: [underlined] B,C: [italics]
466	A: And therewith prayeth [2 lines added after 466 in A text] And happy end of what thou goest on	Fair blade, and prayeth
	Since such a man the Lycian land hath won.
467	A: And now	Saying
482	A,B: befel	befell,
486-511	A: [underlined] B,C: [italics]	[rubricated]
559	A,B,C: ere	e’er
560	A: great	huge
565	A: went	strode,
571	A: Seven days the people waited tidings there B,C: Seven days of fear wore by;	Seven days of fear wore by; Philonoe
	Philonoë [extra line added after 571 in A text] And feared and hoped; and still Philonoe.
595	yet now	but now
601	A: of the Solymi	of thy stubborn foes
602	A: According to thy will to live or die.”	E’en as thou wilt their lives to keep or lose.
603	C: sayest	sayst
621	A: [omitted]	A little longer in a freeman’s land,
633	A: long sworn [“oath” omitted]	long-sworn oath,
639	A: still Bellerophon	wind and wave
640	A: As him who at his hand great things had won	That brought Bellerophon their fame to save.
653	A: God	god
665	A: God	god
673	A: scare	scarce
691	A: stiffle screams	stifle wails
695	A: yet	Still
698	A,B: past	passed
699	A: through day	through the day
713	A: bearily [?]	wearily
748	A: shoulder	shoulders
766	A,B,C: know’st	knowst
781	A: he said,	said he;
782	A: shall I soon be dead.	shall death come on me
783	A: With these about me: nay I	While thus thou art: nay,
788	A: loveliness	loving life
789	A: But our	But for our
793	A: thou and I,	yea, full sure
794	A: Can face the swords together here and die.	The hungry swords here may we twain endure;
795	A: No more—what of the dead then B,C: No more—what of the dead then?—	But what then? Of the dead what
796	A: makest	maketh
819	B,C: know’st	knowst
832	A: thy	that
840	A: high all	high o’er all
863	A: done in wonted wise	held of most and least
864	A: solemn sacrifice	sacrifice and feast
868	A: Goddess	goddess
876	A: unto	them to
877	A: Those damsels, and midst songs should raise the knife	And midst old songs should raise aloft the knife
879	A: But even therewith the King with an armed band	Therewith the king, with a great company,
880	A: come & stay his hand	come and respite cry,
887	A: Goddess	goddess
889	A: thing	things
893	A: White-foot Well-girt	white-foot well-girt
895	A: route	rout
907	A: but there befel	but lo, a change!
908	A: Great portents strange and horrible to tell.	For there betid great portents dire and strange.
910	A: Goddess	goddess
917	A: build	built
921	A: there	due,
922	A: And from their bonds men loosed the maidens fair;	And the loosed bonds men from the maidens drew;
938	has	hath
941	A,B: that ye may bear	lest ye should bear
960	A: And therewithal, as one	And as he smote, like one
962	A: who needs must miss	putting from thee this
969	A: Heaven	heaven
972	A: the fearstruck concourse	his fear-struck fellows
985	A: But	So
994	A: arunning toward B: a-running toward	a-running towards
1004	A: Still	Fast
1008	A,B,C: cloths	clothes
1019	A: Goddess	goddess
1020	hill’s top	hill-top
1021	A: there	thence
1025	A: woods that lit	woods lit,
1027	A: but	and
1039	A: eyes; and he stood	eyes; he stood
1040	A: Stood still once more and gazing thence could see	And, gazing, saw across the day’s dark mood
1041	A: and withal	nigh the first;
1042	A: Een as the distant thunders’ voice did call	Then, as the distant thunder’s threatening cursed
1043	A: Across the country-side o’er trembling man	The country-side, and trembling beast and man,
1046	A: then	and
1052	A: & he ride	and ride
1065	A: middle of the night was past	night beyond its midst was worn,
1066	A: There came a tale unto their ears at last	Another tale unto their ears was borne
1071	C: aud	and
1073	A: horse-hoofs	horse-hooves
1138	C: shall	will
1143	A: folk	foe
1151	A: God	god
1174	A: Sir	sir,
1177	A: barbed spear	spear aloft
1178	A: of pity or of fear	of fear, or pity soft,
1185	A: yet shalt thou scorn us, when	but what scorn shall we get
1186	A: Thou knowst that these are women and no men.C: tha these	When thou hast heard that these are women! yet
1187	A: Scorn us a while—till	Keep thou thy scorn till
1206	A,B: the blanched bones,	the sun-bleached bones,
1211	A: guard well the gates,	guard gate and wall,
1212	A: to the dealing of the fates!	to what hap from Fate may fall!
1222	A,B: toward C: to wards	toward
1235	A: unheard-off	unheard-of
1239	A: he rode again	into the waves
1240	A: And darkness swallowed him, the spears of men	Of darkness did he ride; the spears and glaives on
1242	A: forth	on
1243	A: overwide B,C: over wide	over-wide
1244	A,B,C: overempty	over-empty
1261	A: The cut down vines, uprooted olive-trees	Uprooted vines, fields trampled into mire,
1262	A: round burning cottages,	around the stead afire.
1263	A,B: torture hour	torture-hour
1267	A: is—the wan hope, and	is, the lone despair;
	B,C: is—the lone despair;
1272	A: panic	terror
1288	A: While on	And on
1309	A: As	While
1324	A: afright	affright
1347	A: was the King’s voice now,	worth the King was made,
1348	A: When each man seemed the truth of all to know	When by each man the truth of all was weighed,
1349	A: Een as another, and to trust in none.	And all seemed wanting: help there was in none.
1358	A: Goddesses	goddesses
1380	A: Goddess	goddess
1387	A: nor spake before	nor spake aught before
1395	A: [marked “italics”]	[rubricated]
	B,C: [italics]
1404	A: needs is it that we chase	must we abide to chase
1411	A: weariness, and then	weariness; but still
1412	A: Unto the temples went both maids and men	Did old and young, and men and women, fill
1413	A: With praises and thank-offerings; and at last	The temples with their praises; till, when earth
1414	A: When now the light well nigh from earth had passed	had fallen into twilight mid their mirth,
1424	A: Goddess	goddess
1426	A: House	house
1437	A: and I shall do my part	therewith perchance for me
1438	A: And thou in turn shalt trust my faithful heart.”	A time when thou my faithful heart mayst see.
1457	A,B: amid her maidens she was set,	amidst her maids she should be set,
1472	A,B,C: rude wrought	rude-wrought
1478	A: bravaries	braveries,
1485	A: nor fear no more therein was left,	and fear no more in them were left,
1497	A: or were they young or old:	were they or young or old:
1500	A: wizen	wizened
1511	A: they might have of men,	they of men might have,
1512	A: abode within their gross hearts then.	for them their gross hearts now did save.
1541	A: heroe’s eyes, but she	hero’s eyes but her
1550	A: they were alone	they two were lone
1551	A: past	passed
1586	A: Goďs	god’s
1607	A: Doom-hall	doom-hall
1631	A: spake he	began
1632	A: In a low voice and weak; My misery	In a weak voice: A poor and toiling man
1633	A: Today may seem to thee a little thing,	I am indeed; therefore a little thing
1634	A: Since I am poor; and yet take heed, O King,	My woe may seem to thee; yet note, O King,
1649	A: had	hath
1663	A: Fat feed the perch within the mill-head there,	Within the mill-head there the perch feed fat,
1664	A: the fields are fair B,C: are meadows fair,	are meadows flat
1665	A: the swine	the rooting swine
1673	A: wall	side
1674	A: and covered therewithal—	that half its beams do hide.
1679	A: Where	Were
1680	A: Up from the stream	From the stream-side
1699	A,B: good wife C: good-wife	goodwife
1700	A: while the good man	while her mate
1701	A: gods	Gods
1706	A: God-sent	god-sent
1721	A: Nor	And
1729	A: as it failed at last	ere the end was o’er
1730	A: The vineyard gate posts had we all gone past, [two additional lines after 1730 in A text] And in short-while were spreading noisily	In midst the laden vine-rows did we pour,
	Betwixt the laden vinerows fair to see,
1731	A: And all fell to work as if its they played,	And fell to work as glad as if we played;
1749	C: know	known
1768	A: now were stilled	were clean stilled,
1771	A: Behold	Hearken
1772	A: I try with words to tell	The while I try to tell
1773	A: What its like was—yea, maybe, lionlike,	What like it was—well, lionlike, say I?
1774	A: But as to one waiting ere the lion strike	Yea, as to one who sees the teeth draw nigh
1779	A: as such an one	as to such an one
1781	A: unknown	all void
1797	A,B: passed	Past
1822	A,B,C: bank	brink
1827	A: nought tell my tale	nought to tell my tale
1837	A: Who stand around	These round about.
1845	A: those people who had brought him there	of those who brought him thereunto
1846	A: Were questioned as to what these wonders were,	Was question made what of those things they knew;
1847	A: And answered even	Who answered e’en
1851	A: naked man flee fast	man stark naked fly
1852	A: past	By
1862	A: afright	affright
1865	A: but not clear	And still nought
1866	A: wrought this fear	This fear had wrought.
1901	A: God	God
1923	A: topmast, did a	topmast, a
1929	A: God	God
1940-1958	A: [underlines] B,C: [italics]	[no italics]
1945	A: He who unto such happy end is brought	He whereby such a happy end is wrought
1947	A: Gods	gods
1950	A: wins	ends
1957	A: Gods	gods
1959	A: within the square	about the plac,
1960	A: gazed here & there	on these did gaze,
1981	A: square	place
1982	A: palace fair	changeless grace
1983	A: Of King Jobates	Of the King’s palace
1984	A: on	o’er
1985	A: fears of sons of men;	fears of men who die:
1986	A: & then	then high
1999	A: Gods	gods
2025	A: know	knew
2026	A: That	Which
2049	A: let his voice be vain	let the Gods make nought
2050	A: When to the Gods he crieth in his pain!	Of all his prayers when he in need His caught!
2076	C: past	passed
2079	A: Captain	captain
2097	A: Captain	captain
2099	A,B: among	amongst
2100	A: certainly	that shall die
2101	A: God	god
2107	A: Captain	captain
2116	A: God	god
2148	A: Captain’s	captain’s
2153	A: Captain	captain
2157	A: God	god
2165	A: sit’st	sitt’st
2169	A: Godlike	godlike
2178	A: lovest	lov’st
2204	A: God	god
2237	A,B,C: Captain	captain
2239	A: had long gone, sat and heard	had gone, sat hearkening how,
2240	A: serving men’s low word	serving-men spake low,
2269	A: As fair as a God’s early unstained B: god’s	Fair as a god’s early and unstained
2271	A,B: for the other’s pain,	for either’s pain,
2284	A: Yea it may be steel shall be fitting weed	Yea, steel perchance shall come to be meet weed
2291	A: it	death
2302	B,C: ere	e’er
2319	A: she stood within alone	alone she stood within,
2320	A: pleasant thing was gone	hope of things to win
2321	A: From out	Had left
2349	A: bleeding feet	feet that bled
2350	A: down the street	blind with dread,
2351	A: Made mad with fear.	Past house and hall.
2352	A: As	And
2359	A: Goddesses	goddesses,
2361	A: Captain’s	captain’s
2366	A: Who once had will	I who once longed
2368	A: [line missing]	Since ye are grown aweary of good men!
2369	A: Then to his men	So to his folk
2370	A: Goddess’	goddess’
2373	A: to know their tale; but all in vain	in vain to know their tale; for they
	[extra line after 2374 in A text} Were words and patience, yea and prayers, for they
2378	A: woful	woeful
2397	A: Captain	captain
2401	A: Captain	captain
2415	A: Captain	captain
2418	A: yesterday indeed no face there was	for these many days no face here has
2419	A: That made	Made e’en
2427	A: immortal rather as	immortal as
2433	A: that doubtless now	well worn I doubt
2434	A: Are worn away to nought if one might know	To nothing now, if one might clean tell out
2442	A: by all	at last
2501	A: knew	know
2513	B: amid	amidst
2529	A: fear	gear
2554	A: forest’s	forest
2567	A: dark	black
2568	A: dark	black
2584	A,B: its	the
2586	A: now when first I to the place was brought	when unto the place I first was brought
2587	A: now I stayed; gazing I knew not well	now I stayed, and stared, I knew not well
2588	A: moved or no, deemed I might tell	moved; but deemed that I might tell
2591	A: a great spear in his hand,	and in his hand a spear;
2592	A: there I still did stand	I stood moveless there,
2630	A: woodlands	woodland
2638	A,B: speedy	present
2649	A: God	god
2668	A: diven	driven
2671	A: Even...liv’st	E’en...livest
2672	A: God	god
2674	A: Delivrance	Deliverance
2693	A: Yet	But
2702	A,B,C: carcase	carcass
2714	A: others	rest
2739	A: found	gat
2741	A: was no light horse-load even now	e’en now was no light pack-horse load,
2742	A: And so set out with merry heart enow,	And so with merry heart went on my road,
2744	A: nightfal	nightfall
2754	A: From out my sleep; nearly [two extra lines after 2754 in A text] Still grazed my horse; which to me did I call	My horse grazed close beside
	A: Gathering my scattered senses therewithal
2755	A: he raised his head and came	I called him, and he turned
2766	A: much I doubted if	I ‘gan doubt if there
2771	A: befell	befell
2785	A: Captain	captain
2787	A: Captain’s	captain’s
2809	A: to me	herein
2810	A: until we see	till sight we win
2811	A: The man	Of him
2815	A: yet mine own dear friend—	friend to me a man:
	B,C: friend to me a man—
2816	A: I bethink me that thou broughst to end	now this tale of thine, that well began
2817	A: Thy tale about these things but yet said not	And went on clearly, clearly has not told
2818	A: In very sooth what shape the thing has got?	The very shape of what thou didst behold.
2834	A: disolved	dissolved
2836	A: forgat	forgot
2847	A: Captain	captain
2855	A: clad	clothe
2857	A: his old eyes	his eyes
2861	A: Captain	captain
2865	A,B: variously	diversely
2883	A: leavedst	left’st
2886	A: all	that
2904	A: many-voiced C: many-voicèd	many-voicèd
2914	A: thronged	crowded
2916	A: guarded	scarce-kept
2919	A: and	while
2931	A,B: falls	fall
2933	A: Heaven	heaven
2939	A,B: wilt	shalt
2940	A,B: Gods	gods
2942	A: The Gods mayhap B: That yet the Gods	That yet the gods
2943	A: but yet come	But come
2950	A: would	did
2975	A,B: fears	tears
2982	A: were the revellers and	did the revellers grow, and
2989	A: Even	No, not
3018	A,B: When she had spoke	After her words,
3023	A,B: she	thus
3026	A: That this thing cometh once and	It cometh once and cometh
3029	A: this	it
3032	A: indeed this first desire so done	our first desire so soon fordone,
3045	A: the measuring of days	all measuring of the days
3051	A,B: I called a	which once was
3072	A: thoughts passed	flitted
3102	A: at last	at the last
3105	A: Gods	gods
3114	A: So left ajar, that she	And through its chink she saw
3115	A: Saw	Just
3124	A: So	And
3135	A: chimaera’s	ill monster’s
3140	A: in sleep like unto	deep in slumber like
3143	A: And yet let these take heed	Though let these take good heed
3154	A: Their savior	Its savior
3168	A: Godlike	godlike
3169	A: (Now made a very God’s)	(Limbs now a very god’s),
3199	A: by his	through his
3224	A: he deemed well	well deemed he
3225	A: at last, yet felt as though	and yet he felt as though
3256	A: Godlike	godlike
3170	A: very God	very god
3276	A: then to the man	and then the man
3300	A: born	borne
3301	A: king’s	King’s
3340	A: Beloved	beloved
3345	A: As one who fain	Making as he
3347	A: Beast	beast
3348	A: Monster	monster
3372	A: Captains	captain’s
3377	A: hawberks	hauberk’s
3387	A: joyous and fresh he felt	and fresh and joyous felt
3388	A: He clad himself	As forth he went;
3400	A: him give give	him give
3404	A: born	borne
3405	A: him unlocked	unto him
3419-3455	A: [underlined] B,C: [italics]	[rubricated]
3421	A: save	saved
3423	Goddess	goddess
3433	C: Belleropohn	Bellerophon
3434	A: God	god
3444	A: wretched coward, loath	trembling coward, loth
3452	A: brother, Proetus	friend, King Proetus
3461	A: too much for sure too tell	so much they may not tell
3478	A: And cast away all thoughts of pained and dead,	Slaying all thought of suffering folk or dead,
3479	A: new made a God	new-made a god,
3485	C: hearts	heart
3488	frets away falls upon the stone [“frets away” written above, failed to cross out “falls upon”]	frets away the stone,
3491	A: still they are	they are still

The Hill of Venus

A = Huntington

B = 1868-70

C = 1890

D = 1896

Line	A, B, and C Texts:	D Text:
Number
Argument	A: Argument—	The Argument.
	B,C: ARGUMENT.
Argument	A,B,C: [upper and lower case]	[all caps]
Argument	A: a man	a certain man
46	A: space	plain
49	A: [“A hill-side clad with fir-trees dark and close” written above, then “The slopes of a great hill with pines set close.”]	A hill-side clad with fir-trees dark and close.
51	A: was hill	were hill
67	A: cavern through	cavern’s mouth
74	A: For	And
82	A,B: misery	evil,
146	A: takes away,	makes a loss,
147	A: And today loaths the love of yesterday!”	And yestreen’s golden love today makes dross!
	B: And yesterday’s gold love today makes dross!
154	A,B: passed	past
172	A: I shed [error] around; it lighteth up the Gods [“Gods” written above the]	Is shed around; it lighteth up God’s
174	A: aross [error]	across
182	A,B: amid	amidst
209	A: pass away	fade from him
210	A: E’en as the love-dream fadeth into day.	E’en as in waking grows the love-dream dim.
217	A: may	May
224b	A: He gazed, a sense of half-failed hope there came [extra line]	[nothing in D text]
225	A: He looked behind him; a vague memory	He turned about and looked; some memory
228	A: looked	gazed
230	A: mid B:’mid	‘Midst
232	A,B,C: new born	new-born
238	A: life and live.	life to live.
249	A: And that he should not wake it,	And he should not awake it,
281	B,C: [italics]	[no italics]
284	A,B,C: river side	river-side
334	A: the wood	its dusk
360	A: life	heart
374	A: No	Nor
390	A: Amyot	Walter;
399	A: Or so he deemed,	For pebbles, slow
406	A: So still	And so
419	A,B: amid	amidst
424	A,B,C: over sweet	over-sweet;
425	A: for scarcely could he deem	lest day should come again
426	A: But all would pass soon e’en as such a dream.	As in such dream, and make all blank and vain.
437	A: his dazzled eyes	his eyes
447	A: its hope	Whose hope
462	A: Heaven or Earth	heaven or earth
469	A: fallen was	fallen dead was
472	A,B: Amid	Amidst
492	A: again	and move
495	A: extasy	ecstasy
496	A: unhopep-for	unhoped-for
505	A: Orpheus...Eurydice	ORPHEUS...EURYDICE
511	A: Thisbe [double underlined] [This pattern is used for all the names in the list of historical lovers below.]	THISBE
523	A: to	he
534	A,B: might	may
538	A: knew	had
543	A: right holding	right hand holding
555	A: days of life B,C: their life days	their life-days
557	A,B: blossom	blossoms
569	A: as	while
588	A: to day	to-day
591	A: knew B: knewst	knew’st
605	A: some	something
606	A: god	God
633	A: Then shall my eyes	Shall my eyes then,
656	A,C: him seemed	himseemed
663a	A: light Till mid [failed to excise “light”]	Till, mid
664	A: Into	And into
676	A: Though	Through
686	A: still he thought	as he thought
689	A: did they	they did
705	A: fool, go back again,	fool, go back, go back again,
744	A: a sob as thou went	and sob a-going
747	A: his	His
751	A: any	of more
763	A: Into the bright	Into bright
768	A: Cold	Dank
773	A: space	plain
774	A: did a fair stream did pass	did a fair stream pass.
783	A,B: passed	past
812	A: here	now
816	A: draw	come
823	A: For certes many wild tales did he know	As his scared heart wild tales to him did show
825	A: scarcely	scarce he
870	A: Drawing anigh	Now brought unto
890	A: but cold	but a cold
897	A: And gazed about that well remembered place,	As in a dream the motes did dance and grow
898	A: The bright sun through the open	Amidst the sun, that through the
902	A,C: New shafted	New-shafted
928	A: That drank the the	Which drank the
943	A: That was his father’s	His father’s ancient
946	A: than	that
951	A: If yet it might be love should	If it might be, love yet should
963	A,B: blossoming	blooming
975	A: memory quite back, where day	memory back, why day
988	A,B: amid	amidst
1026	A,B,C: day of all	day all
1060	A: Yet	Still
1078	A: he	He
1079	A: he	He
1091	A,B: passed	past [error]
1093	A,B: palpable	solid
1097	A: gat him slow	down the same
1098	A: Adown the deep lane he had left ere now. B,C: Deep lane he wandered, whence e’en now he came.	Deep lane he wandered whence e’en now he came.
1127	A: shew	show
1135	A: he	He
1138	A,B: got	met
1141	A,B,C: market cross	market-cross
1151	A: wretched way	wretched was the way
1154	A,B: mid	midst
1182	A: ash seemed	ash now seemed
1199	A,B: if	though
1215	A: neath the sun,	man hath done,
1230	A: his might	his lips might
1244	A: that	his
1253	A,B: sore for as clear	and e’en as clear
1266	A,B,C: he	He
1268	A: [underlined] B,C: [italics]	What dost thou? [no italicis]
1269	A: [underlined] B,C: [italics]	What wilt thou say?
1271	A: sat a little old	sat an old
1286	A: the moving of her limb	moving of hair and limb,
1295	A: Amyot	Walter
1297	A: bexed	vexed
1303	A,B: mid	midst
1304	A: rout	fight
1309	A: before an	before thee an
1311	A,B,C: Not: through thin	Northrough thy thin
1311	A: through thin	through thy skin
1316	A: scorns it,	scorns,
1337	A,B: Among	Amongst
1341	A,B: thy	thine
1345	A: to to	to
1349	A,B: Passed	Past
1387	A: dureth yet,	dureth still,
1395	A: Amyot	Walter
1398	A: Amyot	Walter
1410	A,B: mid	midst
1422	A: Gods	gods
1433	A,B,C: But of their	But their
1449	A: there go	go there
1450	A: The Hill of Venus [double underlining; same pattern as with historical lovers]	THE HILL OF VENUS
1459	A: Amyot	Walter
1469	A: About	Around
1487	A: Yet	Let
1493	A: thin	small
1494	A: been	being
1499	A: and	those
1509	A: so	dull
1533	A: for tears	to weep
1534	A: Ah surely now the end is	Unless the very end be
1538	Ere my face glow with that ineffable light.	For there are some things left for me to do,
1539	For there are some things left for me to do	Ere my face glow with that ineffable light.
1539	A: than ineffable	that ineffable
1553	A: twilight	soft dusk
1554	A: gleamed	glowed
1555	its light	its gleam