In Youth I Died

William Fulford

General Description

Date: 1856
Rhyme: a4b4c4b3
Meter: iambic
Genre: lyric

Bibliography

◦ MacDonald, F.W. In a Nook with a Book.

◦ Mackail, J. W. Life of William Morris .

Scholarly Commentary

Guest Editor: PC Fleming

Introduction

This poem is by William Fulford, and probably the first he ever wrote. Dixon recalls Fulford reading this poem to him soon after meeting him, in June 1851 (Mackail 42), and F.W. MacDonald also remembers Fulford reading this poem to him (MacDonald 213).

Printing History

First printed in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine , February, 1856.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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