Chapter LIX

_Last Poems_ (Smith, Elder & Co., 1862). This volume was published after the author’s death. By permission of the publishers.

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The first two appeared in _Poems_ (2 vols., Edward Moxon, 1842). The third is from _The Princess: a Medley_ (Edward Moxon, 1847). The fourth is from the lines entitled, _To the Queen_, forming the Dedication of the Seventh Edition of _Poems_ (London: 1851). The fifth and sixth first appeared in _The Examiner_, in 1852; the former on January 31, and the latter on February 7. The seventh is from the _Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington_, published separately in November 1852 (Edward Moxon), and reprinted with _Maud_ (1855).

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The first appeared in _The Examiner_, December 9, 1854, and was reprinted with _Maud_ (1855). Written on December 2nd, in a few minutes, after reading the description in _The Times_, in which occurred the phrase ‘someone had blundered.’ (_Memoir_, i. p. 381.) The second is from _Maud_.