10.5287/bodleianrewb.2
First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford
Tobacco
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
1920-01-01/1922-12-31
2011-11-30 23:16:12.784630
Dataset
IG-12-7-137.jpg
Leaf
2
http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid%3A1d00eebb-8fed-46ad-8e38-45dbdb4b224c
Typescript of poem without any alterations prepared by Marion Scott, and possibly amongst those poems submitted to and rejected by the firm Sidgwick and Jackson in 1922. Numerous versions of the poem survive, including one printed in 'The London Mercury' in 1924. This version was included in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). Alternative versions include an additional 8 lines at the end of the poem, substantially altering its overall mood.