Linenotes

Title] To C. Lloyd on his proposing to domesticate, &c. 1797: To a Friend, &c. 1803. 'Composed in 1796' was added in S. L.

those still] stilly 1797: stillest 1803.

cliff] clift S. L., 1828, 1829.

How heavenly sweet 1797, 1803.

youth] Lloyd 1797: Charles 1803.

lone] low 1797, 1803.

And mad oppression's thunder-clasping rage 1797, 1803.

We'll laugh at wealth, and learn to laugh at fame 1797, 1803.

In 1803 the poem ended with line 71. In the Sibylline Leaves, 1829, the last five lines were replaced.

hath drunk] has drank 1797: hath drank S. L., 1828, 1829.

She whom I love, shall love thee. Honour'd youth 1797, S. L., 1817, 1828, 1829. The change of punctuation dates from 1834.