This is the final poem in the series of verse epistles that DGR sent back to
his Pre-Raphaelite brethren from Belgium and France in the fall of 1849. DGR's
unpleasant xenophobia is on full display. WMR would later collect the poems under the
title A Trip
to Paris and Belgium.
This collection contains 2 texts and images, including:
1911
Scholarly Commentary
IntroductionÂ
This is the final poem in the series of verse epistles that DGR sent back to his Pre-Raphaelite brethren from Belgium and France in the fall of 1849. DGR's unpleasant xenophobia is on full display. WMR would later collect the poems under the title A Trip to Paris and Belgium.
Textual History: CompositionÂ
The sonnet was composed at the end of October 1849, when DGR and Holman Hunt returned from their trip to the continent.
Printing HistoryÂ
First printed by WMR in 1898 in The Pall Mall Magazine, then first collected in his 1911 edition of DGR's Works.