From Paris to Brussels (11 P.M. 15 October to half-past 1 P.M. 16). Proem at the Paris Station.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

General Description

Date: 1849 October
Rhyme: blank verse
Meter: iambic pentameter
Genre: epistle

Annotations

Editorial glosses and textual notes are available in a pop-up window. Line numbering reflects the structure of the 1911.

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This is one of the poems that comprised part of DGR's letter to his brother of 18 October 1849, sent from Paris on his trip to the continent with Holman Hunt. WMR later gathered the set of verses written during the trip into an integral sequence.

Printing History

The poem was first published by WMR in his Family Letters and first collected in his edition of 1911.

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