66283: Letter: To Marion Scott.

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posted on 2024-04-18, 14:55 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Describes a 'bang' nearby / will return soon to the trenches / hopes that Marion Scott is well / discusses the book 'Friends' / recent poems and soldiers' slang in verse / intends to write another sonnet and describes it / discusses Scott's opinions of 'Flanders', 'Poor Folk' and 'To Certain Comrades' / includes 'After-Glow', dedicated to F.W. Harvey / 'Beauty', which Ivor Gurney notes, 'Bully beef at fault'. |

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Envelope containing letter.
Describes a 'bang' nearby / will return soon to the trenches / hopes that Marion Scott is well / discusses the book 'Friends' / recent poems and soldiers' slang in verse / intends to write another sonnet and describes it / discusses Scott's opinions of 'Flanders', 'Poor Folk' and 'To Certain Comrades' / includes 'After-Glow', dedicated to F.W. Harvey / 'Beauty', which Ivor Gurney notes, 'Bully beef at fault'.

History

Identifier

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Date

9th February 1917

Date Created

09/02/1917 | 23/02/1917

Spatial

Varennes, France

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter | Letter Poem within letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Number of Pages

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives / The Ivor Gurney Estate

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Repository Name

The Ivor Gurney Archive

Repository Address

Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW, UK

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First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Letters Poems within Letters

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