The Cloud before the Storm

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Production Description

Document Title: The Cloud before the Storm
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of composition: 1848
Type of Manuscript: fair copy corrected
Collation: 1 page
Scribe: DGR

Provenance

Current Location: Duke University Library
Catalog Number: Rossetti Writings XXI. Eighteen Sonnets

Physical Description

Paper: white ruled
Dimensions of Document: 6 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.

Bibliography

  • Baum, Manuscripts in the Duke University Library, 14-16, 56-65

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This is apparently the only manuscript copy of the poem and is one of the eighteen bouts rimés sonnets by DGR and (apparently) WMR preserved in the Duke University Library. The numbers heading each of the sonnets suggest that they are selected from a larger group, perhaps comprising at least forty-four sonnets.

Textual History: Revision

The manuscript is crossed through by DGR, indicating his dissatisfaction with the composition, even after his efforts at revision which appear in the text.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Source File: 36-1848.dukems.rad.xml
Copyright: By permission of the Special Collections Library, Duke University