Dream Land Christina Rossetti 1 1849 April
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<artist/> <location/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>CR composed this poem in April of 1849. It was printed here as the work of <quote>Ellen Alleyn</quote>, a pseudonym created by DGR. CR did not want to appear in the periodical under her own name.</p> <p>The poem was reprinted in CR's <title level="wrk"> <hi rend="i">Goblin Market and Other Poems</hi> (1862).

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April 1849

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First printed in The Germ 1, page 20.

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Germ text sleep: Christina Rossetti, a devout Tractarian, subscribed to the doctrine known as Soul Sleep. Soul Sleep refers to a "waiting time" between the death and the reunion of the soul and body on the Last Day. During this waiting period, it was believed that the soul enters a suspended state outside of time and awareness. Only on the Last Day does the soul awake and receive its eternal reward. Germ text The Germ (British Library Copy, first issue) William Michael Rossetti 1850 January 1 0 The Germ (1901 Facsimile Reprint, issue 1) William Michael Rossetti 1901 0