posted on 2024-04-18, 17:52authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
Drafts in pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand. The draft on the left hand page is part of Song at Morning; the right hand page contains a poem later titled 'Peace', sent to Marion Scott in a letter of 6 June 1917 (published Collected Letters, p.270). From a red notebook inscribed 'Pte Gurney / 2/5 Gloucesters', used by Gurney, principally at Rouen, during May-June 1917 and containing various notes and drafts of poems.
History
Creator
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
Date
May - June 1917
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Rights
The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives / The Ivor Gurney Estate
Collection ID
Papers of Ivor Gurney 52.7
Repository Name
The Ivor Gurney Archive
Repository Address
Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW, UK