posted on 2024-04-24, 14:21authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
Manuscript of poem in ink with some words crossed out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Published in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917). Inspired by Robert Ross's reading out loud extracts of a sermon by Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London.
History
Identifier
9623.jpg | SSCUL18_Add.7973_S_77b.jpg
Creator
Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)
Date
Oct-16
Date Created
31/10/1916
Temporal Date
29/11/1916
Spatial
London
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Format
Pen
Type
Poem
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Rights
Cambridge University Library / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate
Collection ID
MS Add. 7973/S/77b
Repository Name
Cambridge University Library
Repository Address
Department of Manuscripts, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR, UK