After the French Liberation of Italy (Arizona State University Library proof
copy)Dante Gabriel Rossetti1With permission of the Arizona State University Library.After the French Liberation of ItalyDante Gabriel Rossetti1869This appears to be a page removed from one
of the copies of the Penkill proofs.1 pageDGR1 pageArizona State University LibraryThomas B. Mosher Collectionnone19 x 10.5 cm
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This is one of the few surviving proof copies of DGR's 1859 sonnet. It is
textually identical to the other revise proof copies, all of which carry the
corrections called for in the Arendts Collection corrected proof (though they also have
variances not called for there).
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After the French Liberation of ItalyAs when the last of the paid joys of loveHas come and gone; and with a single kissAt length, and with one laugh of satiate bliss,The wearied man a minute rests aboveThe wearied woman, no more urged to moveIn those long throes of longing; till they glide,Now lightlier clasped, each to the other's side,In joys past acting, not past dreaming of: —So Europe now beneath this paramourLies for a little out of use, —full oftSubmissive to his lust, a loveless whore.He wakes, she sleeps, the breath falls slow & soft.Wait: the bought body holds a birth within,An harlot's child, to scourge her for her sin!D.G.R. 1859