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As with all of CR's poems published in The Germ, this short piece appeared pseudonymously as the work of “Ellen Alleyn”. It was first reprinted in CR's Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862).
February 1849
First printed in The Germ 3, page 117.
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Germ text
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
As with all of CR's poems published in The Germ, this short piece appeared pseudonymously as the work of “Ellen Alleyn”. It was first reprinted in CR's Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862).
Textual History: Composition
February 1849
Printing History
First printed in The Germ 3, page 117.