Sonnet (When whoso merely hath a little thought)

Sonnet (When whoso merely hath a little thought) William Michael Rossetti 1 1849 <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>Fixed to the paper covers of each number of the periodical, WMR's sonnet might well be taken as a summatory statement of the aims of the PRB and <title level="per"> <hi rend="i">The Germ</hi> . And in some sense it is just that. The statement of a committment to “nature” is sufficiently general to admit many different views; at the same time, the PRB's suspicion of an art based upon following previous models rather than direct person experience, is clearly indicated.

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