We have modified this part of the editorial apparatus for P.B.
Shelley's The Devil's Walk from the way it will appear in The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe
Shelley, edited by Donald H. Reiman and Neil Fraistat and
published by The Johns Hopkins University Press. In the letterpress
edition we do not combine the primary and historical variants; in this
electronic edition, however, we have combined the two in order to use
the linking capabilities of hypertext most efficiently.
Listed here are the variants from 1812.PRO (the Public
Record Office copy), 1871, 1880, 1892, 1927, 1970, 1972, and 1989 for
the broadside version of the poem.
Primary variants (i.e. those from the copy-text) have been
typographically emphasized and can also be browsed separately, as a subset of this list. For
full citations of the historical (i.e. not primary) editions, see the
bibliography.
We have omitted from our comprehensive collation all variants that
seem to us purely formal features of the printers or publishers
involved in these editions, such as the length of indentions, the use
of full capitals, small caps, and italic or Gothic type in the titles
and subtitles-a practice at one time subject to the fonts available in
a print-shop or the conventions of its compositorial staff and more
recently under the control of publishers, book designers, and
copy-editors. In a like manner, when quotation marks have been added,
we have not differentiated between single and double quotation marks.
Instead, we treat both as double quotes unless evidence suggests an
editorial rather than typographical explanation for the appearance of
the single quotes.
Broadside Variants
These are variants from 1812.PRO, 1871, 1880, 1892, 1927, 1970, 1972, and 1989.
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Title. THE DEVIL'S WALK] II 1972
A BALLAD. ] omitted 1972
Title in Gothic type. Both lines of title are centered.
Beneath title is elaborate swell rule. Text is devided into
three columns. 1812.PRO
Stanzas numbered with roman numerals 1876 1892 1927 1970
[_]
line 1. ONCE, ] ONCE 1871
[_]
line 2. Beelzebub ] Beëlzebuth 1871
arose, ] arose; 1871
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line 6. claw, ] claw; 1871
[_]
line 7. Bras Chapeau,] a bras chapeau; 1871
a Bras Chapeau, 1876 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 8. Beau, ] beau 1871
Beau 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 9. Bond-street ] Bond Street 1871 1989
[_]
line 11. ray, ] ray 1812.PRO
ray. 1871
ray; 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 12. favourite ] favorite 1892
chat, ] chat 1989
[_]
line 13. religion, ] religion 1871
[_]
line 15. court ] Court 1871 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 16. in ] on 1871 1876 1892 1927 1970 1972
way, ] way; 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 17. Saint, ] saint, 1871
[_]
line 18. Tho' ] Though 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 19. Devil ] devil 1871
agriculturist, ] agriculturist: 1871
[_]
line 20. And ] And, 1871
[_]
line 21. wist ] wist, 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 22. wouldn't ] would'nt 1812.PRO
[_]
line 24. live stock ] live-stock 1871 1876 1892 1970 1972
livestock 1989
view, ] view. 1871
[_]
line 25. shewed ] showed 1871 1876 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
claws, ] claws; 1871
[_]
line 26. sight, ] sight 1871 1989
[_]
line 27. works ] work 1871 1876 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 28. small, ] small 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 30. lambkins! ] lambkins, 1972
all, ] all 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 31. dress ] dress, 1871
ball, ] ball; 1871
[_]
line 32. Devil ] devil 1871
[_]
line 33. Priest, ] priest, 1871
the Devil ] he 1871
prayer, ] prayer 1871 1892 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 35. Declared, ] Declared 1871 1892 1970 1972
that ] that, 1871 1892 1970 1972
tempter ] Tempter 1970 1972
[_]
line 36. abide; ] abide. 1871 1876 1892 1970 1972
[_]
line 37. Ah! Ah! ] Ah!Ah! 1812.PRO
"Ah! ah!" 1871
Ah! ah! 1892 1927 1970 1972
that's ] "that's 1871
trick, ] trick; 1871
[_]
line 38. Devil, ] devil, 1871
O! ] O 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972
favourite ] favorite 1892
evil, ] Evil, 1970 1972
[_]
line 39. ride. ] ride." 1871
[_]
line 40. King, ] king, 1871
[_]
line 41. as ] at 1812.PRO
own, ] own. 1871
own; 1892 1970 1972
[_]
line 42. imps ] Imps 1970 1972
wing, ] wing; 1871
[_]
line 43. twisted ] twirled 1989
[_]
line 44. Throne. ] throne. 1871
[_]
line 45. Ah, ] "Ah! 1871
Ah! 1927 1970 1972
ha! ] ha!" 1871
ah! 1927 1970 1972
the ] "the 1871
[_]
line 46. Cattle ] cattle 1871
others, ] others; 1871 1892 1970 1972
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line 49. bed; ] bed: 1871
[_]
line 50. as fat ] fat 1871 1876 1892 1927 1970 1972
their ] thier 1812.PRO
[_]
line 51. Fat ] "Fat 1871
fiends ] Fiends 1970 1972
[_]
line 52. Spain, ] Spain,-1871
[_]
line 53. ruin ] Ruin 1970 1972
way, ] way 1989
[_]
line 54. When ] Where 1871 1892 1970 1972
[_]
line 55. Victor's ] victor's 1871
[_]
line 57. Fat-as the ] "Fat as 1871
death birds ] death-birds 1871 1876 1892 1927 1989
Death-birds 1970 1972
[_]
line 60. Patriot's ] patriot's 1871
his ] his 1871
[_]
line 61. clasp, ] claps, 1812.PRO
[_]
line 63. Fat-as ] "Fat as 1871
reptiles ] Reptiles 1970 1972
tomb, ] tomb 1871
[_]
line 67. Fat ] "Fat 1871
Prince's ] prince's 1871
brain, ] brain 1871
[_]
line 68. Which ] Which, 1871 1892 1970 1972
[_]
line 70. humoured ] humored 1892
[_]
line 71. For ] "For 1871
fat, his ] fat; his 1871
fat,-his 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 73. paunch, ] paunch; 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 74. half moons, ] half-moons 1871 1927 1970 1972
moons, ] moons 1876 1892
[_]
line 76. How ] "How 1871
[_]
line 78. twenty, ] twenty 1871 1989
[_]
line 79. pantaloon seams ] pantaloon-seam 1871
start. ] start." 1871
[_]
line 80. Devil, ] devil 1871 Devil 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
nature,) ] Nature) 1871
nature), 1892 1927
Nature), 1970 1972
nature) 1989
[_]
line 82. change, ] change 1871 1876 1892 1927 1970 1972
feature, ] feature 1871
[_]
line 84. lawyer, ] lawyer 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
slay, ] slay 1871
[_]
line 85. table, ] table; 1871
[_]
line 86. marvellously, ] marvellously 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 88. wanders, ] wanders 1871 1892 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 92. thro' ] through 1892 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 94. well, ] well 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972
gore, ] gore 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 95. livery, ] livery; 1871
[_]
line 96. well, ] well 1871 1892 1970 1972
poor, ] poor 1871 1892 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 97. penury, ] penury. 1927
[_]
line 98. store, ] store 1871 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 100. Bishops ] bishops 1871
tho' ] though 1892 1970 1972 1989
big, ] big; 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 101. tho' ] though 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 102. gown, ] gown 1871
wig, ] wig 1871
[_]
line 105. Altho' ] Although 1871 1892 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 106. are ] are, 1812.PRO
[_]
line 107. Altho' ] Although 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 111. skips, ] skips 1871
wing, ] wing,- 1871
[_]
line 112. sidles, ] slides, 1871
[_]
line 113. dares, ] dares 1871
is, ] is 1871
[_]
line 114. Statesman ] statesman 1871 1876 1892 1970 1972
pass'd-alone ] passed:-alone 1871
passed-alone 1892 1970 1972 1989
him, ] him 1871 1989
[_]
line 115. uncover, ] uncover,-1871
[_]
line 119. King, ] king; 1871
[_]
line 120. fiend ] Fiend 1970 1972
thy ] the 1871 1876 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
night, ] night 1871 1989
[_]
line 122. guilt steeled ] guilt-steeled 1871 1892 1970 1972 1989
brow, ] brow 1871 1989
[_]
line 123. crowned: ] crowned; 1871
[_]
line 124. hell-hounds, ] hell-hounds 1871
Want ] Want, 1871
[_]
line 125. For ever ] Forever 1892 1927 1970 1972
hungering ] hungering, 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 126. food, ] food,-1871
[_]
line 128. Hark, ] Hark 1812.PRO 1876
Hark! 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972
hear, ] hear; 1871
hear,-1892 1970 1972
[_]
line 129. Conquerors ] conquerors 1871
start, ] start; 1871
[_]
line 132. fiends ] Fiends 1970 1972
revelry, ] revelry 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 133. King's ] king's 1871
[_]
line 134. sire ] Sire 1970 1972
see, ] see 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972
[_]
line 136. But ] But, 1871
keen, ] keen 1871 1876 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 138. Majesty ] Majesty, 1871
ween, ] ween 1989
[_]
line 139. joy. ] joy 1927
[_]
line 140. Reason ] reason 1871
see, ] see 1871 1892 1927 1970 1972 1989
[_]
line 141. That ] That, 1871 1892 1970 1972
Pole, ] pole, 1871
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line 142. Tyrant's ] tyrant's 1871
be, ] be 1871 1970 1972 1989
