[27] 1833. So warm and light.
[28] 1833. I would not be.
[29] 1833.
For o’er each letter broods and dwells,
(Like light from running waters thrown
On flowery swaths) the blissful flame
Of his sweet eyes, that, day and night,
With pulses thrilling thro’ his frame
Do inly tremble, starry bright.
[30] Thus in 1833:—
How I waste language—yet in truth
You must blame love, whose early rage
Made me a rhymster in my youth,
And over-garrulous in age.
[31] 1833. Sing me.
[32] 1833.
When in the breezy limewood-shade.
I found the blue forget-me-not.
[33] In 1833 the following song took the place of the song in the text:—
All yesternight you met me not,
My ladylove, forget me not.
When I am gone, regret me not.
But, here or there, forget me not.
With your arched eyebrow threat me not,
And tremulous eyes, like April skies,
That seem to say, “forget me not,”
I pray you, love, forget me not.
In idle sorrow set me not;
Regret me not; forget me not;
Oh! leave me not: oh, let me not
Wear quite away;—forget me not.
With roguish laughter fret me not.
From dewy eyes, like April skies,
That ever look, “forget me not”.
Blue as the blue forget-me-not.
[34] These two stanzas were added in 1842.
[35] 1833.
I’ve half a mind to walk, my love,
To the old mill across the wolds
For look! the sunset from above,