posted on 2024-04-25, 17:29authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
Typescript. Written while resting from mathematical training in London at his parents' home. Lines 17-24 recall Edward Thomas' affection for the old London houses of his youth. This manuscript is untitled but it is labeled 'Blenheim Oranges' in 'Edward Thomas Collected Poems'. This is after the title provided by Edward Thomas to in a letter to Eleanor Farjeon of 19 September 1916.
History
Identifier
2223.jpg | ETCAR_55_134.jpg
Subject
Commemoration | Landscape | Somme
Creator
Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)
Date
Aug-16
Date Created
26/08/1916
Temporal Date
27/08/1916
Spatial
Balham, London, England
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Format
Typescript
Type
Poem
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Rights
Cardiff University Library Archive / The Edward Thomas Literary Estate
Collection ID
The Edward Thomas Collection: 55
Repository Name
Cardiff University Library Archive
Repository Address
Information Services, Cardiff University, P.O. Box 430, Cardiff, CF24 0DE, UK