posted on 2024-04-25, 17:29authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">The title of the poem refers to Edward Thomas' son Merfyn Thomas, who also served in the First World War in England with the Kent Rifle Regiment in 1918. The manuscript is untitled but is labeled '[2 Merfyn]' in 'Edward Thomas Collected Poems'.</p>