Williams first published the poem as part of a sequence in The Hudson Review in 1960, subsequently using the sequence as the basis for his final book, Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems, published in 1962.
Williams initially published the poem as part of a series in The Hudson Review in 1960, subsequently utilizing the sequence as the foundation for his final book, Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems, published in 1962.