Question

I just need help paraphrasing ONLY lines 7 and 8 of this poem. Basically just need help rewriting two lines from this poem.

1. I wish I could remember that first day,
2. First hour, first moment of your meeting me,
3. If bright or dim the season, it might be
4. Summer or Winter for aught I can say;
5. So unrecorded did it slip away,
6. So blind was I to see and to foresee,
7. So dull to mark the budding of my tree
8. That would not blossom for many a May.
9. If only I could recollect it, such
10. A day of days! I let it come and go
11. As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;
12. It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;
13. If only now I could recall that touch,
14. First touch of hand in hand—Did one but know!

Answer 1

Here is the answer:
I wish I could recall that first day,

To begin with hour, first snapshot of your meeting me,

Assuming brilliant or diminish the season, it may be

Summer or Winter for nothing I can state;

So unrecorded did it disappear,

So visually impaired was I to see and to predict,

So dull to stamp the growing of my tree

That would not bloom for some a May.

In the event that no one but I could remember it, such

A day of days! I let it go back and forth

As traceless as a defrost of past snow;

It appeared to mean pretty much nothing, implied to such an extent;

In the event that exclusive now I could review that touch,

In the first place touch of as an inseparable unit—Did one yet know!

That is to say, this is the third time I've needed to ask this question. It's just two lines I require help with. Hope it help!

Answer 2

​show regret at not marking the moment and a love which did not come to fullness. She was ‘blind’ and ‘dull’ to a blossoming tree of love.