Despite its apparent isolation, the stanza seems complete, and
was apparently written by DGR specifically to give a textual
dimension to his picture My Lady Greensleeves. The lines also bear a close affinity with
“The Staff and Scrip”, 81-85
.
Textual History: Composition
A corrected text of the verses appears in the
Ashley Library's so-called
Small
Notebook I, which dates from the 1870s.
This is somewhat peculiar since the picture, which
dates from 1863, has a fair copy of the verses in DGR's hand
pasted on the back.
Printing History
A text of the lines was first published among the “Versicles and Fragments” in WMR's 1911 collected edition (page 241).
This collection contains 4 texts and images, including:
DGR's fair copy manuscript text
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
Despite its apparent isolation, the stanza seems complete, and was apparently written by DGR specifically to give a textual dimension to his picture My Lady Greensleeves. The lines also bear a close affinity with “The Staff and Scrip”, 81-85 .
Textual History: Composition
A corrected text of the verses appears in the Ashley Library's so-called Small Notebook I, which dates from the 1870s. This is somewhat peculiar since the picture, which dates from 1863, has a fair copy of the verses in DGR's hand pasted on the back.
Printing History
A text of the lines was first published among the “Versicles and Fragments” in WMR's 1911 collected edition (page 241).