WMR says that he and DGR chanted
this âextemporized effusionâ when they âreceived notes
from Maria.â He attributes the composition to DGR and suggestsâincorrectlyâthat
âThese seem to be the first rhymes he ever concocted, and, if so, he rhymed in
Italian earlier than in Englishâ (see
Memoir I page 58).
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Scholarly Commentary
IntroductionÂ
WMR says that he and DGR chanted this âextemporized effusionâ when they âreceived notes from Maria.â He attributes the composition to DGR and suggestsâincorrectlyâthat âThese seem to be the first rhymes he ever concocted, and, if so, he rhymed in Italian earlier than in Englishâ (see Memoir I page 58).
Textual History: CompositionÂ
WMR says he found the verses copied out in one of his father's letters of September 1836.