Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature F (Delaware Museum, second revise proof, incomplete)

These two leaves come from a copy of the second revise for Signature F. The proofs carry the printer's date stamp 14 April 81 on the first page as well as the handwritten number 3 in the upper left corner. The proofs also carry DGRs note to the printer (on page 65) directing him to move five lines of the text of the Beryl Song from page 66 to page 65.

The library of the Delaware Art Museum has three complete sets of proofs for this signature: a copy of the first author's proof (dated Apr 81 and numbered 1), a complete copy of the second revise (dated 14 Apr 81 and numbered 4), and a copy of the final proof (dated 22 Apr and numbered 5). In addition to this fragmentary copy of the second revise, the museum also has an incomplete copy of what appears to be the first revise (unnumbered and undated), an incomplete copy of the third revise (undated, unnumbered), as well as a loose proof leaf for pages 79-80 that shows DGR calling for a revision on page 80 that he failed to include in the first author's proof. The British Library proofs include an undated copy of the first revise (numbered 2).