20, 21 Omitted in 1831 and S. L.M.

21 The That (Graham's); wire: lyre (Graham's).

22 Of: With (1831, S. L. M., Graham's).

23 skies: Heavens (1831, S. L.M., Graham's).

25 Where: And (S. M., B.J.); Love's a grown-up: Love is a grown (1831, S. L. M., Graham's).

26 Where: And (S. M., B.J.); the omitted in 1831, S. L. M., and Graham's. After this line, 1831 inserts the following line:

Stay! turn thine eyes afar!

28 a: yon (1831), the (Graham's). After this line, Graham's inserts the line:

The more lovely, the more far!

29 Thou art not, therefore, wrong (1831, S. L. M., Graham's, S. M., B.J.) 34 Ömitted in 1831 and S. L. M.

Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best
Have gone to their eternal rest.

37 Thy grief- if any· - thy love (1831, S. L. M.).

43 perfect: Omitted in 1831, S. L.M., and Graham's.

45 could: did (1831, S. L. M., Graham's).

45, 46 Printed as one line in 1831 and S. L.M.

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45

50

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48 might would (1831, S. L. M.); so wildly: one half as (1831, S. L. M.), one half so (Graham's).

49 One half as passionately (1831, S. L.M.), One half so passionately (Graham's).

50 And a stormier note than this would swell (1831); And a loftier note than this would swell (S. L.M.).

Title The Doomed City (1831), The City of Sin (S.L.M.), The City in the Sea. A Prophecy (A. W. R.).

1 has: hath (1831).

2 lying all (1831, S. L.M.).

3 Far off in a region unblest (A. W.R.). 4 Where: And (1831).

8 Are not like anything of ours (1831, S. L.M.). After this line, 1831 and S. L. M. insert the following:

O! no - O! no-ours never loom

To heaven with that ungodly gloom!

11 After this line, 1831 inserts the following:

A heaven that God doth not contemn
With stars is like a diadem

We liken our ladies' eyes to them
But there that everlasting pall!
It would be mockery to call

Such dreariness a heaven at all.

12 Yet tho' no holy rays come down (1831); No holy rays from heaven

come down (S. L. M.).

14 Light from the lurid, deep sea (1831).

16 Omitted in 1831 and S. L.M.

17, 18 Transposed to follow line 20 in 1831 and S. L. M.

19 shadowy: thrones — up (1831, S. L.M.).

21 and many a marvellous: a melancholy (1831, S. L. M.).

22 wreathéd friezes: entablatures (1831, S. L. M.).
23 For this line, 1831 and S. L. M. substitute the following:

The mask. the viol—and the vine.

24, 25 Omitted in 1831 and S. L. M.

25 The melancholy: Around the mournful (A. W. R.). 26-29 Transposed to follow line 39 (1831, S. L.M.).

28 a proud tower in: the high towers of (1831, S. L.M.). 28-35 Omitted in A. W. R.

30 fanes and gaping: temples — open (1831, S. L. M.).

31 For this line, 1831 and S. L. M. substitute the following:

Are on a level with the waves.

36 For no: No murmuring (A. W. R.).

38 tell hint (1831, S. L. M.).

39 some: a (1831, S. L. M., A. W.R.).

40, 41 Omitted in 1831 and S. L. M.

41 For this line, A. W. R. substitutes the following:

On oceans not so sad-serene.

43 movement: ripple (1831, S. L.M.).

44 thrust: thrown (1831, S. L.M.).

46 For this line, 1831 and S. L. M. substitute the following:

As if the turret-tops had given.

47 void within: vacuum in (1831, S. L.M.).

49 The very hours are breathing low (1831, S. L.M.).

52 Hell, rising: All Hades (S. L.M.).

53 1831 and S. L. M. add the following:

And Death to some more happy clime
Shall give his undivided time.