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Note by C. F. Murray that states an \u201cearlier draft\u201d is that on f.58v.\nf.11r Sonnet VII, Supreme Surrender\nf.12r Sonnet VIII, Love\u2019s Lovers\nf.13r Sonnet IX, Passion and Worship, here entitled \u201cLove and Worship\u201d\nf.14r Sonnet X, The Portrait\nf.15r Sonnet XI, The Love-Letter (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray)\nf.16r Sonnet XII, The Lover\u2019s Walk\nf.17r Sonnet XIII, Youth\u2019s Anthiphony\nf.18r Sonnet XIV, Youth\u2019s Spring-tribute \nf.19r Sonnet XV, The Birth-bond, here entitled \u2018Nearest kindred\u2019\nf.19v Pandora, Sonnet for a picture\nf.20r Sonnet XVI, A Day of Love\nf.21r Sonnet XVII, Beauty\u2019s Pageant, here entitled \u2018Love\u2019s Pageant\u2019\nf.22r Sonnet XVIII, Genius in Beauty\nf.23r Sonnet XIX, Silent Noon, here entitled \u2018The Silent Hour\u2019 (early version)\nf.24r Sonnet XIX, Silent Noon (later version - this  corresponds with published one, expect for some small points of punctuation)\nf.25r Sonnet XX, Gracious Moonlight\nf.26r Sonnet XXI, Love-sweetness (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray)\nf.27r Sonnet XXII, Heart\u2019s Haven\nf.28r Sonnet XXIII, Love\u2019s Bauble\u2019s\nf.29r Sonnet XXIV, Pride of Youth\nf.30r Sonnet XXV, Winged Hours (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray)\nf.31r Sonnet XXVI, Mid-rapture\nf.31v Last stanza of The King\u2019s Tragedy cancelled with signature \u201cD. G. Rossetti Feb. 20 1881\u201d\nf.32r Sonnet XXVII, Heart\u2019s Compass, here entitled \u2018Love\u2019s Compass\u2019\nf.33r Sonnet XXVIII, Soul-light, here entitled \u2018Lovelight\u2019\nf.34r Sonnet XXIX, The Moonstar\nf.35r Sonnet XXX, Last Fire\nf.36r Sonnet XXXI, Her Gifts\nf.37r Sonnet XXXII, Equal Troth, here entitled \u2018Love-measure\u2019\nf.38r Sonnet XXXIII, Venus Vietrix\nf.39r Sonnet XXXIV, The Dark Glass\nf.40r Sonnet XXXVII, The Lamp\u2019s Shrine\nf.41r Sonnet XXXVI, Life-in-Love\nf.42r Sonnet XXXVII, The Love-Moon\nf.43r Sonnet XXXVIII, The Morrow\u2019s Message (see also f.61v)\nf.44r Sonnet XXXIX, Sleepless Dreams, here entitled \u2018Sleepless love\u2019 (an earlier version than that below with a cancelled alternative version of the first four lines of the sestet)\nf.45r Sonnet XXXIX, Sleepless Dreams, cancelled, here entitled \u2018Sleepless Love\u2019 (a latter version than that above but earlier than the published version)\nf.45v English May, sonnet, her entitled \u2018May 1869\u2019, cancelled\nf.46r Sonnet XL, Severed Selves\nf.46v Note on titles and sequence of certain poems. Stanza IV from \u2018Parted Presence\u2019, not otherwise represented in this collection.\nf.47r Sonnet XLI, Through Death to Love\nf.48r Sonnet XLII, Hope Overtaken\nf.49r Sonnet XLIII, Love and Hope\nf.50r Sonnet XLIV, Cloud and Wind\nf.51r Sonnet XLV, Secret Parting (another version f.108v)\nf.52r Sonnet XLVI, Parted Love (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray)\nf.53r Sonnet XLVII, Broken Music (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray) For autograph version see f.83b\nf.54r Sonnet XLVIII, Death-in-Love. Two other drafts of this sonnet are on f.82v and 109v; a note by C. F. Murray at the head of this page says that on f.109v is \u201cThe first draft\u201d, and that the present one is \u201ca clean copy\u201d of that on f.82v.\nf.55r Sonnet XLIX, Willow wood I, cancelled. \nf.55v Pencil drawing of two standing figures.\nf.56r  Sonnet L, Willowwood II, cancelled.\nf.56v Compenso, Sonnet in Italian, cancelled, dated \u201cMaggio 1869\u201d\nThis is sonnet II of \u201cDisio e Compenso, Due Sonnetti\u201d. On f.39v of the volume labelled \u201cPoems & Sonnets\u201d is a cancelled draft of Disio.\nf.57r Sonnet LI, Willowwood III, early version\nf.58r Sonnet LI, Willowwood III, another version, cancelled, later than that above and corresponding with the published version.\nf.58v Sonnet VI, The Kiss. Another draft is on f.10r where a note by C. F. Murray says this is an \u201cearlier draft\u201d\nf.59r Sonnet LII, Willowwood IV. Earlier that the two following versions.\nf,60r Sonnet LII, Willowwood IV. Later than the preceding version. \nf.61r Sonnet LII, Willowwood IV. Later than the preceding two versions and only differs very slightly from the published version.\nf.61v Sonnet XXXVIII, The Morrow\u2019s Message. Another copy on f.43r.\nf.62r  Sonnet LIII, Without Her.\nf.63r Sonnet LIV, Love\u2019s Fatality\nf.64r Sonnet LV, Stillborn Love.  An earlier draft is on f.74r of the volume labelled \u201cPoems and Sonnets\u201d, while a later one is on f.101v of this volume.\nf.65r Sonnet LVI, True Woman, I Herself.\nf.66r Sonnet LVII, True Woman, II Her Love.\nf.67r Sonnet LVIII, True Woman, III Her Heaven\nf.68r Sonnet LIX, Love\u2019s Last Gift. Fair copy of this version below.\nf.69r Sonnet LIX, Love\u2019s Last Gift. Draft incorporating the corrections of the preceding version.\nf.70r Title page to Part II, Change and Fate\nf.71r Sonnet LX, Transfigured Life (fair copy below)\nf.72r Sonnet LX, Transfigured Life, with heading for part II.  Draft incorporating the corrections of the preceding version\nf.73r Sonnet LXI, The Song-throe. Signed \u2018D.G. Rossetti\u2019\nf.74r Sonnet LXI, The Song-throe. Draft incorporating the corrections of the preceding version.\nf.75r Sonnet LXII, The Soul\u2019s Sphere\nf.76r Sonnet LXIII, Inclusiveness, cancelled. Later version of this sonnet f.77a\nf.76v Sonnet , On the Vita Nuova of Dante, cancelled. f.87v has a draft of this sonnet, apparently a fair copy of this corrected draft\nf.77r Sonnet LXIII, Inclusiveness, here entitled \u201cFor Answer\u201d. Another version on f.76r. \nf.78r Sonnet LXIV, Ardour & Memory\nf.79r Sonnet LXV, Known in Vain, here entitled \u201cWork & Will\u201d, cancelled.\nf.79v Sonnet III, Love\u2019s Testament, here entitled \u201cFlammifera\u201d. This is a \u201csecond draft\u201d according a note on f.6r by C. F Murray.\nf.80r Sonnet LXVI, The Heart of the Night. Draft incorporating the revisions of following version.\nf.81r Sonnet LXVI, The Heart of the Night. An earlier draft than preceding version. \nf.82r Sonnet LXVIII, The Landmark, cancelled\nf.82v Sonnet XLVIII, Death-in-love. Two other drafts are on f.54r and f.109v, the former with a note by C. F. Murray concerning the order of composition.\nf.83r Sonnet LXVIII, A Dark Day\nf.83v Sonnet XLVII, Broken Music, cancelled. On f.53r is a copy of this sonnet by C. F. Murray\nf.84r Sonnet LXIX, Autumn Idleness, here entitled \u201cA Sunny day at the close of autumn\u201d. Dated: \u201cSevenoaks Nov. 1850\u201d\nf.85r Sonnet LXX, The Hill Summit\nf.85v Venus Verticordia, sonnet for a picture\nf.86r Sonnet LXXI, The Choice I\nf.87r Sonnet LXXII, The Choice II\nf.87v On the Vita Nuova of Dante, sonnet. Fair copy of the corrected version on f.76v.\nf.88r Sonnet LXXIII, The Choice III.\nf.88v Sonnet XCII, The Sun\u2019s Shame I. f.110r has another draft of this sonnet, apparently a fair copy of this corrected draft. \nf.89r Sonnet LXXIV, Old & New Art I, St. Luke the Painter. Fair copy on f.90r\nf.89v Brief note by C. F. Murray recording a memorandum of D. G. Rossetti\u2019s of subjects for pictures.\nf.90r Sonnet LXXIV, Old & New Art I, St. Luke the Painter. This draft seems to be a fair copy of that on f.89r, incorporating its corrections.\nf.91r Sonnet LXXV, Old & New Art II, Not as These.\nf.92r Sonnet LXXVI, Old & New Art III, The Husbandmen. Reverse has a slight pencil sketch of a standing woman. Fair copy below.\nf.93r Sonnet LXXVI, Old & New Art III, The Husbandmen. Copy of draft version above, with corrections.\nf.94r Sonnet LXXVII,Soul\u2019s Beauty, here entitled \u201cSibylla Palmifera (for a picture)\u201d\nf.95r Sonnet LXXVIII, Body\u2019s Beauty, here entitled \u201cLady [erased] Lilith (for a picture)\u201d\nf.96r Sonnet LXXIX, The Monochard (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray)\nf.97r Sonnet LXXX, From Dawn to Noon\nf.98r Sonnet LXXXI, Memorial Thresholds\nf.99r Sonnet LXXXII, Hoarded Joy, here entitled \u201cJoy Delayed\u201d\nf.99v Sestet of Sonnet LXXXVII, Death\u2019s Songters, in pencil, draft. Complete sonnet is on f.105r \u2013 this sestet is latter that in the complete draft.\nf.100r Sonnet LXXXIII, Barren Spring (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray)\nf.101r Sonnet LXXXIV, Farewell to the Glen\nf.101v Sonnet LV, Stillborn Love, cancelled. f.64v has an earlier version of this sonnet and another is on f.74r of the volume labelled \u201cPoems and Sonnets\u201d which is still earlier. The present version corresponds with the published one.\nf.102r Sonnet LXXXV, Vain Virtues\nf.102v Nuptial Sleep, sonnet, excluded from the \u2018House of Life\u2019 after the edition of 1870. Here called \u2018Placata Venere\u2019.\nf.103r Corrected proof of Sonnet LXXXV, Vain Virtues.\nf.104r Sonnet LXXXVI, Lost Days, cancelled. Reverse has a pencil sketch for a Magdalen with a vase of spikenard.\nf.105r Sonnet LXXXVII, Death\u2019s Songsters. f.99v has a draft of the sestet of this sonnet later then the corresponding part here.\nf.106r Sonnet, LXXXVIII, Hero\u2019s Lamp\nf.106v John Keats, sonnet, cancelled\nf.107r Sonnet LXXXIX, The Trees of the Garden\nf.108r Sonnet XC, Retro me, Sathana\nf.108v Sonnet  XLV, Secret Parting, cancelled. f.51r later version\nf.109r Sonnet XCI, Lost on both Sides, cancelled\nf.109v Sonnet XLVIII, Death in Love, cancelled. Two other drafts are on f.54r and f.82v, the former with a note by C. F. Murray concerning the order of composition.\nf.110r Sonnet XCII, The Sun\u2019s Shame I. f.88v has a corrected draft of this sonnet of which the present draft is apparently a fair copy.\nf.111r Sonnet XCIII, The Sun\u2019s Shame II\nf.112r Sonnet XCIV, Michelangelo\u2019s Kiss\nf.113r Sonnet XCV, The Vase of Life, cancelled, here entitled \u201cRun and Won\u201d.\nf.113v Sonnet XCVII, A Superscription, cancelled. A copy by C. F. Murray is on f.115r where he refers to the present draft as the original one.\nf.114r Sonnet XCVI, Life the Beloved.\nf.115r Sonnet XCVII, A Superscription (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray). With note by C. F. that the draft on f.113v is the original one.\nf.116r Sonnet XCVIII, He and I (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray)\nf.117r Sonnet XCIX, Newborn Death I, cancelled\nf.117v Sonnet C, Newborn Death II (inserted folio, copy by C. F. Murray). F.117v has a corrected draft.\nf.119r Sonnet CI, The One Hope (inserted folio, copy by C. F. 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