Appendix

Appendix:
Duncan Campbell Scott’s Emendations

As a result of the editorial intervention of Duncan Campbell Scott (see Introduction, pp. xi, xviii-xix, xx, xxviii-xxix) the version of The Story of an Affinity contained in The Poems of Archibald Lampman (Toronto: Morang, 1900), pp. 411-473 differs in a variety of ways from the manuscript version of the poem. The purpose of this Appendix is to list the substantial changes made by Scott in his edition—that is, the verbal substitutions and the numerous omissions, from single lines to long passages. Changes in spelling and punctuation are not recorded here. In cases where a verbal change is recorded, the wording in the manuscript and present text appears before the “]” and Scott’s wording appears after the “]”. For example, the entry “I, 149 bountiful] beautiful” indicates that, where the manuscript and present text have “bountiful" Scott has substituted “beautiful”. An entry giving line number(s) followed by the word “omitted” means, of course, that the line(s) so indicated in the manuscript and present text were omitted by Scott in Poems.

I, 63-65	omitted

I, 87	brothers] brother

I, 149	bountiful] beautiful

I, 154	coneflowers] corn-flowers

I, 180	omitted

I, 204	wide-planted] firm planted

I, 288	and mind-enlargement for herself,] in mind, enlargement for herself,

I, 339-355	omitted

I, 356	As Richard] And as he

I, 365-371	omitted

I, 433	but see] but I’ve seen

I, 443	their] her

I, 505-545	omitted

I, 546-547	Now when the men had finished, and were gone/Back to their labour,] Now when the meal was finished and the men/Gone to their labours,

I, 554	toil] toils See the entry at this line in Textual Notes.

I, 589	omitted This is probably a printer’s error, for in place of the omitted line— “Now perfect noon with not a single cloud”—the Poems text repeats the previous line but one— “The impulse of blind passion as of old”.

I, 599	coneflowers] corn-flowers

I, 627-628	omitted

I, 630	omitted

I, 632-633	omitted

I, 634	Met him with fixèd and inquiring eyes.] And met him with her fixed inquiring eyes.

I, 639	to her husband in their quiet talk] unto her husband in their talk

I, 661	true] truth

I, 667	omitted

I, 680	Of all together;] Of all the voices,

I, 681	a few quiet words] a low “Good-night”

I, 688	Rachel] Richard Although Scott’s substitution makes good sense, the Rachel of the manuscript has been allowed to remain in the present text for two reasons: (1) Lampman may have intended to reify Richard’s mother at this point by giving her a name and more of a role in the conversion of “Old Stahlberg” to his son’s plan; and (2) the additional Richard in II. 687-690 makes the passage slightly clum-sier and more repetitive.

II, 3	hill] ril

II, 42-43	bearing heavily in his hand/All that he owned omitted

II, 95	silent] honest

II, 103	her] the

II, 117	dropped] drooped

II, 135	Scott has revised this line to read: The newness of his altered life returned

II, 153-157	omitted

II, 175	lightening] clearing

II, 272	omitted

II, 291	and change omitted

II, 292	glorious] golden

II, 317-319	omitted

II, 322	yet] but

II, 327	omitted

II, 373-450	omitted

II, 464	peoples] people

II, 544	dawn-break] day-break

II, 554	omitted

II, 564-648	omitted

II, 673	hands] hand

III, 7	differing] different

III, 62	heels] side

III, 121-123	omitted

III, 159	caution] passion

III, 177	heard] knew

III, 243	sprang] sprung

III, 292-293	Between these two lines Scott has inserted III, 297: In his great stature, noble and erect,

III, 297	see previous entry

III, 362	goldened] gladdened

III, 483	unites] awaits

III, 504	like cloud] like a cloud

III, 662-663	legs, and thrust his quivering head Between his omitted

III, 703	feet] steps

III, 713	dreamless] dreamland

III, 735	for] from