Onthefly-leafofacopyofthisinitialwork，thepoet，sixyearsafteritspublication，wrote：“WritteninpursuanceofafoolishplanIforget，orhavenowishtoremember；
theworldwasnevertoguessthatsuchanopera，suchacomedy，suchaspeechproceededfromthesamenotableperson……
OnlythiscrabremainsoftheshapelyTreeofLifeinmyfool’sParadise。“
Itwasinconformitywiththisplanthathenotonlyissued“Pauline“anonymously，butenjoinedsecrecyuponthosetowhomhecommunicatedthefactofhisauthorship。
Whenhereadthepoemtohisparents，uponitsconclusion，bothweremuchimpressedbyit，thoughhisfathermadeseverestricturesuponitslackofpolish，itsterminalinconcision，anditsvaguenessofthought。