Poems (1890), 104-5, with the alternative for line 6 adopted. Poems (1955), 403-4; CP (1960), 256-57. MB (1981), 439-40, in facsimile. (J525). Franklin Variorum 1998 (F400A).
Manuscript: About 1862, in packet 13 (H 63a).
Publication: Poems (1890), 104-105, titled "The Hemlock." The suggested change for line 6 adopted. The spelling of "nescessity" (line 8) is regularized.