wn ▁together ▁by ▁hand . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁poem ' s ▁unusual ▁typ ographic ▁elements , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁am bit ious ▁work ▁the ▁W ool fs ' ▁had ▁printed ▁thus ▁far . ▁ ▁The ▁cover ▁uses ▁paper ▁with ▁a ▁red , ▁blue , ▁and ▁gold ▁har le quin ▁pattern . ▁Mir r le es ▁was ▁very ▁particular ▁about ▁the ▁letter ing ▁and ▁layout ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁on ▁the ▁page . ▁She ▁was ▁still ▁making ▁hand written ▁changes ▁to ▁her ▁poem ▁in ▁the ▁types et ting ▁stage . ▁Virginia ▁W ool f ▁had ▁to ▁p enc il ▁in ▁corre ctions ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 5 ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁poem . ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁still ▁included ▁sp elling ▁mistakes . ▁Despite ▁Leonard ▁W ool f ' s ▁request ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁she ▁refused ▁to ▁re issue ▁the ▁poem . ▁Mir r le es ▁made ▁significant ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁poem ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁repub lished ▁in ▁the ▁Virginia ▁W ool f ▁Qu arter ly ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁By ▁this ▁point ▁she ▁had ▁converted ▁to ▁Catholic ism ▁and ▁removed ▁pass ages ▁which ▁she ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁" bl as ph em ous ." ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁time ▁the ▁poem ▁was ▁repr int ed ▁while ▁she ▁was ▁alive . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Julia ▁Brig gs ▁included ▁a ▁fac sim ile ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁poem ▁with ▁additional ▁notes ▁in ▁G ender ▁in ▁Modern ism . ▁Brig gs '