Note 1 — GIPSIES
Reading edition
1836.
Regard not her:—oh better wrong and strife Better vain deeds or evil than such life! The silent Heavens have goings on;[C] The stars have tasks—but these have none. 1807. ... wrong and strife, (By nature transient) than such torpid life! The silent Heavens have goings-on; The stars have tasks—but these have none! 1820. (By nature transient) than such torpid life; Life which the very stars reprove As on their silent tasks they move! 1827.