The date of this limerick is uncertain, though the only surviving text (a fair copy) is copied on paper watermarked 1869, which thus represents the earliest possible date. Preceding these verses on the manuscript is a schema for what DGR here heads as âSong Meterâ, which is a dummy for a metrical form.
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Princeton fair copy manuscript text
Scholarly Commentary
IntroductionÂ
The date of this limerick is uncertain, though the only surviving text (a fair copy) is copied on paper watermarked 1869, which thus represents the earliest possible date. Preceding these verses on the manuscript is a schema for what DGR here heads as âSong Meterâ, which is a dummy for a metrical form.
Printing HistoryÂ
The limerick has never been printed.