[454:1] First published in the Annual Register for 1827: reprinted in the Bijou for 1828: included in 1828, 1829, 1834. 'In Gilchrist's Life of Blake (1863, i. 337) it is stated that this poem was addressed to Mrs. Aders, the daughter of the engraver Raphael Smith.' P. W., 1892, p. 642.
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[Title]]: Stanzas addressed to a Lady on her Recovery from a Severe attack of Pain Annual Register.
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That—this] That—this 1828, 1829.
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That] That 1828, 1829.
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In a MS. dated 1826, the following stanza precedes stanza 5 of the text:—
Was ne'er on earth seen beauty like to this.
A concentrated satisfying sight!
In its deep quiet, ask no further bliss—
At once the form and substance of delight.