After receiving a copy of the first number of The Germ, William Bell Scott (1811-1890)
sent two poems for
future issues on 15 January 1850. Of this piece WMR noted in
his journal that it was gloriously fine [and] must absolutely
come into No. 2, which it did. The poem is an interesting
example of an explicitly hypnagogic experience. Scott reprinted it,
with some changes, in his Poems by William Bell Scott: Ballads, Studies
from Nature, Sonnets, Etc. (1875).
This collection contains 2 texts and images, including:
Germ text
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
After receiving a copy of the first number of The Germ, William Bell Scott (1811-1890) sent two poems for future issues on 15 January 1850. Of this piece WMR noted in his journal that it was gloriously fine [and] must absolutely come into No. 2, which it did. The poem is an interesting example of an explicitly hypnagogic experience. Scott reprinted it, with some changes, in his Poems by William Bell Scott: Ballads, Studies from Nature, Sonnets, Etc. (1875).
Printing History
First printed in The Germ no. 2, pages 65-67.