My father liv'd, of high degree,
Remote beside the Tyne;
And as he had but only me,
Whate'er he had was mine.
To win me from his tender arms,
Unnumber'd suitors came;
Their chief pretence my flatter'd charms,
My wealth perhaps their aim.
l. 109. -----
"a mercenary crowd". 'Vicar of Wakefield', first edition, has:--
'the gay phantastic crowd.'
l. 111. -----
"Amongst the rest young Edwin bow'd". First version:--
Among the rest young Edwin bow'd,
Who offer'd only love.
l. 115. -----
"Wisdom and worth, etc." First version, and 'Vicar of
Wakefield', first edition:--
A constant heart was all he had,
But that was all to me.
l. 117. -----
"And when beside me, etc." For this 'additional stanza,' says
the 'Percy Memoir', p. 76, 'the reader is indebted to Richard
Archdal, Esq., late a member of the Irish Parliament, to whom it
was presented by the author himself.
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