51479: Notebook Containing Drafts of 27 Poems, 1916

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. |

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Blue cloth tooled notebook with a gold fillet.
Contents list `(1) Evening Chapel (2) Sigmund (3) The Pilgrim (4) Dialogue (Jehovah &c)'
Signed Edward Thomas/Wick Green/Petersfield/26 xii 11
The end of the essay 'The Pilgrim'. The original ff. 1-11 have been torn out suggesting that the majority of the essay was contained on these pages.
Dialogue between P and T and Jehovah whom they visit
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Last two lines of verse two
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Home [3]' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The bottom of the page also contains the first 4 lines to 'Bronwen'.
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Bronwen' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled ""Merfyn' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Myfanwy' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Merfyn' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems . The bottom half of the page contains the poem 'Myfanwy'. This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Myfanwy' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
First two lines and lines 6-7. This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Myfanwy' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems.
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Myfanwy' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems.
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Helen' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
Typescript. The manuscript is untitled and is named as 'The Wind's Song' in 'Edward Thomas Collected Poems' [110].
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Go Now' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'When we two walked' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The manuscript does not have a title. It was named after it's first line 'By the ford at the towns edge' in Thomas, 'Edward Thomas Collected Poems' [114] and 'The Watchers' in Longley 'Edward Thomas: The Annotated Collected Poems'.
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Tall Nettles' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The manuscript does not have a title and is named here after it's first line. The poem is no. 115 in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
Lines from stanza 3. This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'It Rains' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'It Rains' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
Last two lines
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'The sun used to shine while we two walked' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled and is named here after it's first line. The poem is no. 120 in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This poem reflects Edward Thomas' decision to give up his job as a map reading instructor and to apply for a commission with the possibility of a posting to France. His concern was the financial plight of his family, and he was hoping for a Civil List Pension. He was granted the lump some of £300 in June 1916 instead. The manuscript is untitled but is labeled 'As the team's head-brass' in 'Edward Thomas Collected Poems'.
From line 27. This poem reflects Edward Thomas' decision to give up his job as a map reading instructor and to apply for a commission with the possibility of a posting to France. His concern was the financial plight of his family, and he was hoping for a Civil List Pension. He was granted the lump some of £300 in June 1916 instead. The manuscript is untitled but is labeled 'As the team's head-brass' in 'Edward Thomas Collected Poems'.
This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'After you speak' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems

This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'The Pond' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled and is named here after it's first line in Edward Thomas Collected Poems (no. 124).
The manuscript is untitled and is named here after its first line. It is no.124 in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The manuscript is untitled and is named here after it's first line in Edward Thomas Collected Poems (no. 124).
This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'It was upon'' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'Bob's Lane' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The manuscript does not have a title and is named here after it's first line. The poem is no. 127 in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'The Green Roads' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'The Gallows' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
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'.
Blue cloth tooled with a gold fillet.