The Blessed Damozel (1872 autograph MS fragment) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 Used with permission of Princeton University. From the Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. All rights reserved. Redistribution or republication in any medium requires express written consent from Princeton University Library. Permissions inquiries should be addressed to Associate University Librarian, Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library. [untitled] Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1872 (circa) fair copy DGR Princeton University Library AM21395 The manuscript's shelf mark is CO 185. one small sheet, 17x10.8cm. On the verso are several bibliographical notes on the source of a quotation about Punchinello. Commentary
Introduction

Textual History: Composition

This fragment was sent by DGR to his publisher F. S. Ellis in 1872 for inclusion in the sixth edition of DGR's <xref doc="a.1-1870.raw"> <hi rend="i">Poems</hi> </xref> , first issued in 1870. The 1873Tauchnitz Edition of the same book also carried this text, which is a revision of the stanza as it had been previously printed.

The manuscript has two notes by other hands—one at the top, by Ellis, the other below the text in an unknown hand authenticating the manuscript as DGR's.

Textual History: Revision

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Instead of verse 7 of “The Blessed<lb/>Damozel.” Note by F. S. Ellis at the top of the page Autograph of D. G. Rossetti Note in unknown hand, in pencil, below the text. Around her, lovers, newly met 'Mid deathless love's acclaims, Spoke evermore among themselves Their rapturous new names; And the souls mounting up to God Went by her like thin flames.