The two portions of "My Beautiful Lady," entitled "My Beautiful Lady,"
and "My Lady in Death," were written in 1849, and published on the 1st of
January, 1850, in "The Germ," a magazine which ran to only four numbers.
"Dawn," and "My Lady's Glory," were written about the same time; but all
the other poems were written between 1857 and 1861. The first complete
edition appeared in 1863; the second in 1864; and the third in 1866.
"Nelly Dale" was written in 1886.