There can be little doubt that lines 1-43 were composed in 1823, and that the last six lines of the text which form part of An Old Man's Sigh were composed, as an afterthought, in 1832.

LINENOTES:

[[1]]

Verse, a] Verse is a with the alternative? Vērse ă breeze MS. 1.

[[2]]

clung] clings MS. 1, Bijou.

[[6]]

When I] When I 1828, 1829.

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This house of clay MS. 1, Bijou.