Notebook Containing Drafts of 27 Poems, 1916
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| Author | Thomas, Edward (1878-1917) |
|---|---|
| Title | Notebook Containing Drafts of 27 Poems, 1916 |
| Notes | A notebook signed on f. ii Edward Thomas/Wick Green/Petersfield/26 xii 11'. Contents list on f. iv: `(1) Evening Chapel (2) Sigmund (3) The Pilgrim (4) Dialogue (Jehovah c)' Original ff. 1-11 torn out. On f. 1 is the end of the essay 'The Pilgrim'; on ff. 1v-7 a dialogue between P and T and Jehovah whom they visit. On ff. 7v-41 are drafts, mostly written on rectos, of 27 poems (occurring between nos 103 and 131 in The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas dated between 4 March and 5 July 1916, mostly written in ink, some in pencil, with revision in both ink and pencil. On ff. 29v-30v are trigonometrical sketches. Blank from f. 41v. This is the manuscript designated M2 by R. George Thomas The Collected Poems, p. xxiii.ii, 125ff. f. 1 numbered '12' by Thomas, ff. 2-7 numbered 1-6 by him in second use of the book, 157 x 100mm. Blue cloth tooled with a gold fillet. |
| Item Date | 1916 |
| Creation place | England |
| File type | Compound Object |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Cloth and Paper |
| Content | Poem |
| Item height | 157 |
| Item width | 100 |
| Collection ID | 22921A |
| Repository name | National Library of Wales |
| Repository address | Aberystwyth Ceredigion Wales SY23 3BU UK |
| Repository URL | http//www.llge.org.uk/index.php?id=65 |
| Cataloguer | Everett Sharp and Kate Lindsay |
| Copyright | ETNLW22921A |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/1130 |


