Note 466 — PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1814 (continued 3)

... or approached. Permit me," said the Priest continuing, "here To use an illustration of my thought, Drawn from the very spot on which we stand. —In changeful April, when, as he is wont, Winter has reassumed a short lived sway And whitened all the surface of the fields, If—from the sullen region of the North Towards the circuit of this holy ground Your walk conducts you, ere the vigorous sun, High climbing, hath attained his noon-tide height— 1814. These Mounds, ... Thus, when in changeful April snow has fallen, And fields are white, if from the sullen north Your walk conduct you hither, ere the Sun Hath gained his noontide height, this churchyard, filled 1827. With mounds ... MS. ... ere vigorous sun