Note 11 — Early Poems

In 1833 the following took the place of the above stanza which was added in 1842:— How dear to me in youth, my love, Was everything about the mill, The black and silent pool above, The pool beneath that ne’er stood still, The meal sacks on the whitened floor, The dark round of the dripping wheel, The very air about the door— Made misty with the floating meal! Thus in 1833:— Remember you that pleasant day When, after roving in the woods, (’Twas April then) I came and lay Beneath those gummy chestnut bud That glistened in the April blue, Upon the slope so smooth and cool, I lay and never thought of you, But angled in the deep mill pool.