"A chapel was built in the midst/ Where I used to play on the green" The "green" has special significance also as it mirrors the contrary poem in innocence "The Echoing Green" hence the reading of the "green" to represent previous, innocent freedom, as well as the more obvious "play".
"A chapel was built in the midst/ Where I used to play on the green" ("Sinne on noussut kappeli,/ missä ennen leikin viheriöllä"): ja siinä sanalla "green" (viheriö) on erityistä merkittävyyttä, sillä se heijastaa viattomuuden vastarunoa "The Echoing Green" jossa "green" edustaa aiempaa viatonta vapautta, kuten myös ilmeisempi sana "play" (leikkiä).