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The sonnet is a light verse squib sent to amuse WMR and perhaps some of the other PRB. DGR sent it to his brother in his letter of 8 October 1849 (see Fredeman, Correspondence, 49. 18 ).
First published in 1895 by WMR in his edition of the Family Letters (II. 68), and collected thereafter.
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MS letter text (University of British Columbia library)
Scholarly Commentary
IntroductionÂ
The sonnet is a light verse squib sent to amuse WMR and perhaps some of the other PRB. DGR sent it to his brother in his letter of 8 October 1849 (see Fredeman, Correspondence, 49. 18 ).
Printing HistoryÂ
First published in 1895 by WMR in his edition of the Family Letters (II. 68), and collected thereafter.