Notes
1] The 1914 edition lacks the date "1870" following the title.
Lyonesse: a legendary region, associated with King Arthur and thought now to be under sea.
3] rime: frost forming on the windward side.
15] All marked with mute: "None managed to" in 1914.
16] "What meant my godlike gloriousness" in 1914.
18] eyes!: "eyes." in 1914.
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Original text: Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy (London: Macmillan and Co., 1932): 293-94. PR 4741 F32 Robarts Library.
First publication date:
1914
Publication date note: Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries with Miscellaneous Pieces (London: Macmillan, 1915): 20. PR 4750 S3 1914 Robarts Library
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1998.
Recent editing: 2:2002/2/13
Composition date:
1870
Rhyme: abbaab