10.5287/bodleianr814.2
First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford
Letter: To Marion Scott.
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
1916-07-04
2011-11-30 23:26:58.737081
Dataset
ww1-6594
Leaf
2
http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid%3A1d00eebb-8fed-46ad-8e38-45dbdb4b224c
Copies out a poem from the 'Times Literary Supplement' and another entitled 'To the Fallen', inscribed 'E.S.', but signs the verse 'I.B.G.' / notes the arrival of a parcel / describes being under attack / hopes Marion Scott is well / H.N. Howell's work / describes the opening moves of a large 'advance' / lines crossed out / list of items for a parcel / setting poems to music / Elgar's setting of 'To the Fallen' / the 'softening' of the sergeant-major / civilian-soldiers and musician-soldiers / the beauty of the valley of the Somme / the 'Soldiers' Motto' / a green envelope / Bach / the vista from where he sits, compared to England / Keats / 'Deborah'.