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87827: Four rondels

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posted on 2024-04-18, 17:26 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Drafts in pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand of four short poems/rondels: 'It seems incredible...' (unpublished); Strafe (sent as 'Strafe 1' to Marion Scott, 11 June 1917); 'If beauty were a mortal thing' (unpublished); Grub (later titled Paean when sent to Marion Scott). 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

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    First World War Poetry Digital ArchiveWorld War One

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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