Commentary
Introduction
This is apparently the only manuscript copy of the poem, which is one of the
eighteen
bouts rimés
sonnets by DGR and (apparently) WMR preserved in the Duke
University Library. The numbers heading each of the sonnets suggest that
they are selected from a larger group, perhaps comprising at least
forty-four sonnets.
Textual History: Composition
Textual History: Revision
As with most of WMR's sonnets in the gaming
group made by WMR and DGR, this one, originally written by WMR, was
substantially revised by DGR.
Bibliographic
Baum,
Manuscripts in the Duke University Library
, 14-16, 56-65