◦
Paull F. Baum,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: An Analytical List of Manuscripts in the
Duke University Library, 14-16, 56-65
◦ Frances Winwar, “Dante Gabriel's
or William Michael's?” (March 1933), 312-315
◦
Paull F. Baum,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: An Analytical List of Manuscripts in the
Duke University Library, 14-16, 56-65
◦ Frances Winwar, “Dante Gabriel's
or William Michael's?” (March 1933), 312-315
This collection contains 2 texts and images, including:
Yale University fair copy
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is one of the group of sonnets that DGR and WMR wrote to rhymes set by each other. The brothers played this verse game between 1847-1849, and principally in 1848. The rule was that the sonnet should be written quickly, in five to ten minutes (see 1911, pages 673-674 ). Eighteen survive, fourteen of which were published by WMR in his edition of 1911, pages 263-267 , including this sonnet. Baum published the rest in his Manuscripts in the Duke University Library pages 56-65 .
Textual History: Composition
The only surviving manuscript is the fair copy in the Tinker Collection, Yale University's Beineke library.
Printing History
First published by WMR in his 1911 edition.