Notebook Containing Drafts of 27 Poems, 1916
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| Author | Thomas, Edward (1878-1917) |
|---|---|
| Title | The Dark Forest |
| Notes | The final stanza probably reflects Edward Thomas' feelings after visiting his parents in London. Soon afterwards his mother had an eye operation. Written at a firing camp in Wiltshire to which Thomas had been moved. The manuscript is untitled and is labeled 'Dark is the forest and deep, and overhead' in Thomas 'Edward Thomas Collected Poems' and 'The Dark Forest by Longley 'Edward Thomas: The Annotated Collected Poems'. |
| Item Date | 1st July 1916 - 5th July 1916 |
| Creation place | Unknown |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Content | Poem |
| Item height | 157 |
| Item width | 100 |
| Page | 71 of 73 |
| Collection ID | MS 22921Af.41 |
| Repository name | National Library of Wales |
| Repository address | Aberystwyth Ceredigion Wales SY23 3BU UK |
| Repository URL | http//www.llge.org.uk/index.php?id=128 |
| Cataloguer | Everett Sharp and Kate Lindsay |
| Filename | ETNLW22921A071.jpg |
| Copyright | ETNLW22921A |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/1130/1053 |
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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 |


