68571: To A Very Wise Man

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posted on 2024-04-24, 14:21 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand with corrections in pencil. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919). The poem was inspired by W. H. R. Rivers, Sassoon's doctor at Craiglockhart War Hospital.

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Identifier

9633.jpg | SSCUL28_Add.8487_20_17.jpg

Creator

Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)

Date

Jan-19

Spatial

Unknown

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

Cambridge University Library / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate

Collection ID

MS Add. 8487/20_17

Repository Name

Cambridge University Library

Repository Address

Department of Manuscripts, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR, UK

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Keywords

First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Poems

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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