Volume 2 — "She dwelt among the untrodden ways"
Reading edition
Composed 1799.—Published 1800
One of the "Poems founded on the Affections." In the edition of 1800 it is entitled Song.—Ed.
The Poem
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She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! —Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me! Contents 1 2 5 10
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1800
A very few ... 1802
The text of the edition of 1805 returns to that of 1800.
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Variant 2:
The word "lived" was italicised in the edition of 1800 only.
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