393. Awhile she paused, etc. The MS. reads: "A space she paused, no answer came,-- 'Alpine, was thine the blast?' the name Less resolutely uttered fell, The echoes could not catch the swell. 'Nor foe nor friend,' the stranger said, Advancing from the hazel shade. The startled maid, with hasty oar, Pushed her light shallop from the shore." and just below: "So o'er the lake the swan would spring, Then turn to prune its ruffled wing."
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