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Title] Chamouny The Hour before Sunrise A Hymn M. P., P. R.: Mount Blanc, The Summit of the Vale of Chamouny, An Hour before Sunrise: A Hymn MS. A.

On thy bald awful head O Chamouny M. P., P. R.: On thy bald awful top O Chamouny MS. A: On thy bald awful top O Sovran Blanc Friend, 1809.

Arve] Arvè M. P., P. R., MS. (C).

dread mountain form M. P., P. R., MS. A. most] dread Friend, 1809.

forth] out MS. A.

Deep is the sky, and black: transpicuous, deep M. P., P. R.: Deep is the sky, and black! transpicuous, black. MS. A.

is thine] seems thy M. P., P. R.

Mount] form M. P., P. R., MS. A.

the bodily sense] my bodily eye M. P., P. R.: my bodily sense MS. A.

Invisible] Invisible M. P., P. R., Friend, 1809, MS. A.

Yet thou meantime, wast working on my soul,
E'en like some deep enchanting melody

M. P., P. R., MS. A.

foll.

But [Now MS. A] I awake, and with a busier mind,
And active will self-conscious, offer now
Not as before, involuntary pray'r
And passive adoration!
Hand and voice,
Awake, awake! and thou, my heart, awake!
Awake ye rocks! Ye forest pines awake! (Not in MS. A.)
Green fields

M. P., P. R., MS. A.

[29-30]

And thou, O silent Mountain, sole and bare
O blacker than the darkness all the night

M. P., P. R.

And thou, thou silent mountain, lone and bare MS. A. The first and chief, stern Monarch of the Vale Errata to 'Hymn', &c., The Friend, No. XIII, Nov. 16, 1809.

parent] father M. P., P. R., MS. A.

From darkness let you loose and icy dens M. P., P. R., MS. A.

Eternal thunder and unceasing foam MS. A.

'Here shall the billows . . .' M. P., P. R.: Here shall your billows MS. A.

the mountain's brow] yon dizzy heights M. P., P. R.

Adown enormous ravines steeply slope M. P., P. R., MS. A. [A bad line; but I hope to be able to alter it Note to MS. A].

with lovely flowers
Of living blue

M. P., P. R., MS. A.

Between 58-64

God! God! the torrents like a shout of nations
Utter! the ice-plain bursts and answers God!
God, sing the meadow-streams with gladsome voice,
And pine-groves with their soft and soul-like sound,
The silent snow-mass, loos'ning thunders God!

M. P., P. R.

These lines were omitted in MS. A.

Ye dreadless flow'rs that fringe M. P., P. R. living] azure MS. A. livery S. L. (corrected in Errata, p. [xi]).

sporting round] bounding by M. P., P. R., MS. A.

mountain-storm] mountain blast M. P., P. R.

God] God. M. P., P. R.

Between 70-80

And thou, O silent Form, alone and bare
Whom, as I lift again my head bow'd low
In adoration, I again behold,
And to thy summit upward from thy base
Sweep slowly with dim eyes suffus'd by tears,
Awake thou mountain form! rise, like a cloud

M. P., P. R.

And thou thou silent mountain, lone and bare
Whom as I lift again my head bow'd low
In adoration, I again behold!
And from thy summit upward to the base
Sweep slowly, with dim eyes suffus'd with tears
Rise, mighty form! even as thou seem'st to rise.

MS. A.

Thou too] And thou, Errata, Friend, No. XIII. Once more, hoar Mount MS. (C), S. L. (For once more, read Thou too Errata, S. L., p. [xi]).

through] in Friend, 1809. In the blue serene MS. (C).

again] once more MS. (C).

That as once more I raise my Head bow'd low Friend, No. XI, 1809 (see the Errata, No. XIII).

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tell thou the silent stars,
Tell the blue sky

MS. A.

yon] the M. P., P. R., MS. A.

praises] calls on M. P., P. R., MS. A.