Dating: Preceded by a note referencing the printed (1817) version of the poem, and discussing its composition in February 1816. A similar note preceding "Hadst thou liv'd in days of old" in MA 215.93 states that the poem was composed by John Keats for his brother George Keats to send to Mary Frogley as a valentine in 1816. See also Stillinger (1978), p. 547-548.
Originally fols. 4-5 in Woodhouse's compilation of transcripts of John Keats's unpublished poetry, which is now at Harvard and generally cited as W².
Part of a large collection, assembled by Richard Woodhouse, of letters and manuscripts relating to the English poet John Keats. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 215 for more information.
A manuscript copy of Keats's "Hadst thou liv'd in days of old" in the autograph of Richard Woodhouse, and with additional notes by him (one of which is dated 1819).