Happy and Thankful
William Michael Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: Happy and Thankful
Author: William Michael Rossetti
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
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: By permission of the Special Collections Library, Duke University
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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
As with most of WMR's sonnets in the gaming group made by WMR and DGR, this one, originally written by WMR, was substantially revised by DGR.