ABSTRACT
First publ. M & W, 10 Nov. 1855, the concluding poem of the first volume; repr. 1863 (when it was placed in ‘Lyrics’: see Appendix D, p. 747), 18652, 1868, 1872, 1888. Our text is 1855. The title of the poem appears in the Contents page of H proof, but the leaf on which it should appear is blank; H proof 2 also notes ‘This leaf is blank in proof copy.’ Oxford suggests that the poem was added at the last minute to fill up the blank page, but there is no concrete evidence that this was the case.
