ABSTRACT
Drafted in pencil in Nbk 11 pp. 148-9; when Mary published the first six lines as a fragment in 1840 she dated them ‘July 1819’, and their mood strongly suggests the period of Mary’s deep depression following William’s death in Rome on 7 June 1819. S. adapted the last six lines for PU IV 24-9 (which are drafted in Nbk 11
