The sonnet distinctly recalls “The Hill Summit” and, to a lesser extent, “The Landmark”, both of which were written in the early/mid 50s. All three treat the theme of a journey shadowed by a sense of loss and ominous possibilities.
Textual History: Composition
No manuscript of the poem has appeared. WMR, who first published it, dated the sonnet 1855 but gave no reason for assigning that date.
Printing History
First published by WMR in his
1886 edition
(I. 303), and collected thereafter.
Autobiographical
If the date of 1855 is correct, and if we may take lines 12-13 to have a basis in reality, the poem may have been written in late June 1855 when DGR travelled to Clevedon, on the Somerset coast, to be with Elizabeth.
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1911
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The sonnet distinctly recalls “The Hill Summit” and, to a lesser extent, “The Landmark”, both of which were written in the early/mid 50s. All three treat the theme of a journey shadowed by a sense of loss and ominous possibilities.
Textual History: Composition
No manuscript of the poem has appeared. WMR, who first published it, dated the sonnet 1855 but gave no reason for assigning that date.
Printing History
First published by WMR in his 1886 edition (I. 303), and collected thereafter.
Autobiographical
If the date of 1855 is correct, and if we may take lines 12-13 to have a basis in reality, the poem may have been written in late June 1855 when DGR travelled to Clevedon, on the Somerset coast, to be with Elizabeth.