Edgar Allan Poe — “Hymn”

Reading copy:

• “Hymn” — reading copy

Manuscripts and Authorized Printings:

• Text-01 — “[Catholic Hymn]” — about 1833 — in “Morella,” manuscript — (Mabbott text A)
• Text-02 — “[Catholic Hymn]” — April 1835 — in “Morella,” Southern Literary Messenger — (Mabbott text B)
• Text-03 — “[Catholic Hymn]” — late 1839 — in “Morella,” TGA (1840) — (Mabbott text D) (Although the imprint date is 1840, this book was available by early December 1839. Although it appeared after Text-04, it presumably represents a slightly earlier form.)
• Text-04 — “[Catholic Hymn]” — November 1839 — in “Morella,” Burton’s — (Mabbott text C)
• Text-05 — “[Catholic Hymn]” — 1842 — in “Morella,” TGA-PP — (Mabbott text E)
• Text-06 — “Catholic Hymn” — August 16, 1845 — Broadway Journal — (Mabbott text F)
• Text-07 — “Catholic Hymn” — 1845 — RAOP — (Mabbott text G)
• Text-08 — “Hymn” — 1845 — RAOP, with manuscript title change — (Mabbott text H)

Reprints:

• “Hymn” — 1850 — WORKS — Griswold reprints Text-07, but with the title change in Text-08  (Mabbott text J)

Scholarly and Noteworthy Reprints:

• “Hymn” — 1894-1895 — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 10: Poems, ed. G. E. Woodberry and E. C. Stedman, Chicago: Stone and Kimball (10:28, and p. 178)
• “Hymn” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 7: Poems, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell (10:58, and 10:193-194)
• “Hymn” — 1911 — The Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. J. H. Whitty, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. (p. 23, and pp. 214-215)
• “Hymn” — 1917 — The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Killis Campbell, Boston: Ginn and Company (pp. 78-79, and pp. 222-224)
• “Hymn” — 1965 — The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Floyd Stovall, Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia (p. 60, and pp. 242-243)
• “Hymn” — 1969 — The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 1: Poems, ed. T. O. Mabbott, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1:216-218)

Instream Comparative Texts:

• None

Plain Text Files for Juxta:

• None

Miscellaneous Texts and Related Items:

• “Hymne” — dated 2009, but available in late 2008 — Poèmes d‘Edgar Allan Poe, Paris: Publibook (translation by Jean Hautepierre)

• Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.
• Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vol 1 Poems), Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1969.