Misery.—A Fragment

“Misery.—A Fragment” was first published by Thomas Medwin in The Athenaeum for 8 September 1832, under the title “Invocation to Misery,” and was probably composed in 1819.

The holograph Fair Copy of “Misery.—A Fragment” can be accessed below in the linear sequence of the finished poem, or in the physical page order of the notebook in which it appears: Bodleian Manuscripts Shelley e.2. Related draft can also be found in Bodleian Manuscripts Shelley e.2.