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. In listing the order of texts for the tale, as opposed to the poem, Mabbott gives the TGA printing before the printing in Burton’s, which makes more sense.) (In TGA-PP, revised in 1842, the full poem has no changes, but is marked for deletion. Mabbott notes this as Text E, but removing the poem from the story can hardly be considered a new text.)
• Text-04 — “[Catholic Hymn]” — November 1839 — in “Morella,” Burton’s — (Mabbott text C)
• Text-05 — “Catholic Hymn” — August 16, 1845 — Broadway Journal — (Mabbott text F)
• Text-06 — “Catholic Hymn” — 1845 — RAOP — (Mabbott text G)
• Text-07 — “Hymn” — 1845 — RAOP, with manuscript title change — (Mabbott text H)

Reprints:

• “Hymn” — 1850 — WORKS — Griswold reprints Text-06, 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, eds. E. C. Stedman and G. E. Woodberry, 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)
• “Hymn” — 1984 — Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, ed. Patrick F. Quinn (New York: Library of America) (p. 70) (reprints the text from Works, 1850)

Instream Comparative and Study 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.