87780: Fire in the Dusk

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posted on 2024-04-18, 17:57 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Manuscript in pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand. Two other manuscript drafts of the poem exist. One was included in a letter to Marion Scott of 24th August 1917, and all 3 drafts remain consistent. Included in 'War's Embers' (1919). Found in a coverless notebook used by Gurney from late August to mid-September 1918.

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Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Date

August - September 1918

Pages

41609

Number of Pages

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

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

Collection ID

Papers of Ivor Gurney 64.5.6.11v-12r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 64.5.6.12v-13r

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

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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