ABSTRACT
Firstpub!.March1833,B.'sfirstpub!.poem,butissuedanonymously:'a loopholeIhavekeptforbackingoutofthethingifnecessary',B.wroteto W.].Fox(Correspondenceiii74;forB.'sacquaintancewithFox,seebelow,p. 21).AccordingtoMrsOrr,B.'ssisterSariannawasinthesecret,butnothis parents:'Thisiswhyhisaunt[MrsChristianaSilverthorne],hearingthat "Robert"had"writtenapoem,"volunteeredthesumrequisiteforits publication'(OrrLife54).Inaletterof15Jan.1846,B.toldEBB.thateven thepublishers,SaundersandOtley,didnotknowhisidentity(LK389).Ina lettertoFannyHaworthofMay1842,B.referreddisparaginglytoSaunders andOtley:'theywouldprintMontgomery'sexecrabilities'(Correspondencev 328;i.e.theywouldprintanythingformoney;however,theylaterrejected Paracelsus).Notrepr.separately;not1849,1863.Repr.1868(whenB.first publiclyacknowledgedhisauthorship),1888.ThereisnoextantMS.Our textisI8JJ.
