Date
	1 January 1827. 
	Ruskin dated the poem when he presented it as a New Year’s poem for 1827 (MS IA). At the end of the MS III version, another hand than Ruskin’s, probably ???, has dated the poem “Jan 1.1827.” The latter presumably refers to the date on the MS IA copy. Given the position of the MS III version amid writing from early 1828 (positioned, e.g., following the end of “Harry and Lucy . . . vol. 2,” and prior to ....), this version must date from late 1827 or early 1828.