[YogicCowboy]

Thanks.

The text and narration did not entirely match. Text was dated 1791. Rewrite?

I note the use of the long-s. I am used to seeing it in German, but not in English. It shows English is largely Germanic in origin.

[mairdie]

Handwritten text from about 1786 based on dated pieces near it in the bound manuscript book.

Absolutely a rewrite, for the 1791 publication.

I am finding this exercise absolutely fascinating for 2 things:

1) when there’s no rewrite and I’m looking at the handwriting, I suddenly see mistakes I made in translation even after TRYING to find them visually over and over again

2) when there are 2 versions, I usually translated the handwritten, but that’s so hard to read that I usually SHOW the published, and suddenly I’m hit over the head by the rewrite.

So every poem is putting me thru this and I’m thrilled.

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Never took German so don’t have the background to see what you saw. Fascinating.