51478: Notebook Containing Drafts of 27 Poems, 1914-1915

A notebook signed on f. 162v 'Edward Thomas/Wick Green/Petersfield. The book is used in reverse and has been foliated accordingly. On ff. 1v - 27 are drafts of 27 poems occurring between numbers 7 and 74 in The Collected Poems, dated between 14th Dec 1914 and 23rd May 1915. Blank for 27v except a few lines of after rain on f. 159v |

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Green cloth tooled with a gold fillet. The book is used in reverse and has been foliated accordingly.

Shelfmark added by the National Lirary of Wales.
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'After Rain' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'The Barn and the Down' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Two Pewits' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Will you come?' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'The Path' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'A Tale' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The manuscript does not have a title and is named here after it's first line. The poem is number 51 in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'A Gentleman' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Lob' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Lovers' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Digging' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Home [2]' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Health' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but is named here after it's first line as it appears in Edward Thomas the Collected Poems (no. 64).
The manuscript does not have a title and is named here after it's first line. The poem is number 64 in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Song' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Melancholy' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'A Cat' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Tonight' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'April' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'July' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems. At the top of the page are the last lines to 'Glory'.
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'The Chalk Pit' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'The Chalk Pit' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Sedge Warblers' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Sedge-Warblers' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'After Rain' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
Inscription reads ""Edward Thomas, Nick Green, Petersfield""