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.
[[8]]
This house of clay MS. 1, Bijou.