ABSTRACT

First publ. M & W, 10 Nov. 1855; repr. 1863 (when it was placed in ‘Lyrics’: see Appendix D, p. 747), 18632, 1868, 1872, 1888. Our text is 1855. In both the earliest and latest text, H proof and 1888, the turnovers are further to the left, so that l. 2, for example, instead of reading:

I can hardly misconceive you; it would prove me deaf and blind;