Note 275 — 1844
Reading edition
1845.
A thankful heart all lawless wishes quelled, To joy, to praise, to love alike compelled, Whatever boon be granted or withheld. C.
The following variation of the two last stanzas is from a MS. copy by Wordsworth.
Fond fancies! wheresoe’er shall range thine eye Among the forms and powers of earth and sky, Converse with nature in pure sympathy. A thankful heart, all lawless wishes quell’d, To joy, to praise, to love alike compell’d, Whatever boon be granted or withheld.
August, 1844.—Ed.