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Sorley's Weather

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AuthorGraves, Robert (1895-1985)
TitleSorley's Weather
NotesWritten below Typescript version of 'In Spite'. Charles Hamilton Sorley (1895 - 1915) was killed in the battle of Loos on 13 October 1915. Graves refers to him in Goodbye to All That' as 'one of the three poets of importance killed during the war'. (The other two were Isaac Rosenberg and Wilfred Owen).
Item DateFebruary 1917
Creation placeSuzanne, Somme (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPencil
ContentPoem
Collection IDThe Robert Graves Collection: MS 141 Box 85
Repository nameUniversity Archives, University at Buffalo
Repository address
State University of New York at Buffalo
420 Cappen Hall
Buffalo
New York State
14260-1674
USA
Repository URLhttp://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/specialcollections/
CataloguerEverett Sharp
FilenameRGBUFFF-08.jpg
CopyrightThe Poetry Collection, The University at Buffalo / The Robert Graves Copyright Trust
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/1108