52718: The sorrow of true love

https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25691913

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posted on 2024-04-25, 17:29 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

<p dir="ltr">The last page of the diary kept by Edward Thomas over his last three months as a soldier. The diary was in the possession of Thomas' son Merfyn Thomas (1900-1965) until his death, and was rediscovered by his son Edward Thomas in 1970. The manuscript is untitled but is labeled 'The sorrow of true love' in 'Edward Thomas Collected Poems'. Date inscribed in Helen Thomas' hand.</p>

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Subject

Allied Forces | Commemoration | Passchendaele

Creator

Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)

Date

February - April 1917

Date Created

01/02/1917

Temporal Date

09/04/1917

Spatial

Ronville, France

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

Cardiff University Library Archive / The Edward Thomas Literary Estate

Collection ID

The Edward Thomas Collection: 41

Repository Name

Cardiff University Library Archive

Repository Address

Information Services, Cardiff University, P.O. Box 430, Cardiff, CF24 0DE, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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Keywords

First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Poems Allied Forces Commemoration Passchendaele

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0