Near Vermand ['Lying flat...']
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| Author | Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937) |
|---|---|
| Title | Near Vermand ['Lying flat...'] |
| Notes | Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. This version contains only the first 10 lines, and was included in Leonard Clark's edition of Gurney's poems in 1973, whereas a longer version, and was included in This draft of the poem was included in in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). From a pink mottled hard-cover exercise book. The inside front cover is inscribed 'Music to Miss C. Rogers...Poetry to Professor Saintsbury / Bath'. The inside back cover is inscribed 'Instead of a home / I require death'. |
| Item Date | 1920 - 1922 |
| Creation place | England |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Poem |
| Collection ID | Papers of Ivor Gurney 64.1.25r |
| Repository name | The Ivor Gurney Archive |
| Repository address | Gloucestershire Archives Clarence Row, Alvin Street Gloucester GL1 3DW UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | IG-64-1f25r.jpg |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/7197 |
