Versioning Wordsworth's "Nutting" from Manuscript to Modern Publication
"Nutting": Textual Apparatus
Apparatus of Print Publications: From LB1 to DeS
*The base text for this apparatus is the 1800 Lyrical Ballads.The apparatus demonstrates the changes the poem underwent as it was reprinted and collected throughout the poet's life. While this is not a complete apparatus of transmission, it shows the dramatic variants that have been introduced into the poem since its conception.
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SHORT TITLES:
LB1 - Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems. In Two Volumes, 1800, Vol. II.
LB2 - Lyrical Ballads with Pastoral and Other Poems. In Two Volumes, 1802, Vol. II., Second Edition.
LB3 - Lyrical Ballads with Pastoral and Other Poems. In Two Volumes, 1805, Vol. I [II]., Fourth Edition
1815 - Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the Miscellaneous Pieces of the Author, 1815, Vol. I [II].
1820 - The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth. In Four Volumes, 1820, Vol. I.
1824 - The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. In Four Volumes, 1824, Vol. I. (Boston)
1827 - The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. In Five Volumes, 1827, Vol. I.
1828 - The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. Complete in One Volume. (Paris)
1832 - The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. A New Edition, In Four Volumes, 1832, Vol. I.
DeS - The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, E. De Selincourt, ed., 1944.
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KEY:
#. Indicates the line number.
~ Indicates the substantive stays the same (accidental variant).
^ Indicates a deletion.
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1. day,] ~^ 1832, DeS
2. One of those heavenly...] (I speak of one from many singled out) add. LB2, LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
2. die,] ~; 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
3. When forth I sallied from our cottage-door,*] When, in eagerness of boyish hope, | I left our cottage-threshold, sallying forth 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
3. cottage-door,*] Cottage-door,* LB2 | Cottage-door*, LB3, 1815 | Cottage-door,^ 1820, 1824
4. And with a wallet...] With a huge wallet... 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
5. nutting crook] nutting-crook 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS | hand,] ~; DeS | turn'd] turned LB3, 1827, 1828, DeS
6. Towards the distant woods,] Tow'rd some far-distant wood, DeS
7. Trick'd] Tricked LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS | Beggar's weeds] cast-off weeds 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
8. Put on for the occasion, by advice] Which for that service has been husbanded, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
9. And exhortation of my frugal Dame.] By exhortation of my frugal Dame. 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828 | ...Dame— DeS
10. accoutrements!] accoutrement! LB2, LB3 | accoutrement^ 1815, 1820, 1824 | accoutrement, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
11. brambles,] ~,— 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
12. was.] ~! 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS | Among the woods,] O'er path-less rocks, DeS
13. And o'er the pathless rocks, I forc'd my way] Through beds of matted fern, and tangled thickets, add. DeS | forced LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1832
14. Until, at length,] Forcing my way, DeS
16. Droop'd] Drooped LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS | wither'd] withered LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
17, devastation,] ~; DeS
18. milk-white] tempting DeS
21. and] ~, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
23. banquet,] ~,— 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832 | ~;— DeS
24. play'd] played LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
25. those,] ~^ DeS
26. bless'd] blessed LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824 | blest 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
27. hope.—] ~.^ DeS
28. —Perhaps] ^Perhaps 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
30. eye,] ~; LB2, LB3, 1815, 1820, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
32. For ever] Forever 1824 | ever,] ~,— 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832 | ~; DeS
33. And] ~— DeS
34. fleec'd] fleeced LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS | beneath] under DeS
35. me] ~, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS | scatter'd] scattered LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS | sheep,] ~— DeS
38. ease,] ~; LB2, LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS | secure] ~, LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1832, DeS
42. dragg'd] dragged LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
43. ravage; ] ~: DeS
44. bower] ~, LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
45. Deform'd] Deformed LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
46. and] ~, LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
48. Even then, when from the bower I turn'd away] Ere from the mutilated bower I turned DeS
48. turn'd] turned 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832 | away,] ~^ LB2, LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832
49. kings] ~, LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
51. trees] ~, DeS
52. Maiden!] ~, DeS
53. heart] ~; LB3, 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
54. Touch,——] ~^—— 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS | Spirit] spirit 1815, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1832, DeS
*Because this apparatus only includes editions published up to 1832, there are gaps in the transmission record of the variants. For example, there are instances where the De Selincourt edition is the only text which records a specific variant (see line 17 or 33) . As I've stated before, this edition is meant to evolve with the evidence it attaches itself to, and as the later editions collected during the poet's life become publicly available I will reenter the text until I can accurately say I've tracked all of the variants. Check back often for updates!