The Gallows,
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1916, Jul. 3-4 /
First line: There was a weasel lived in the sun. Written at 'Selsfield (with Helen)'. Selsfield House, East Grinsted was the home of Vivian Locke Ellis. Manuscript draft in ink, found among family papers after the death of Helen Thomas. Titled 'For Baba' (Myfanwy Thomas).
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter sent 12-13 Dec 1916,
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1916, Dec. 12-13 /
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked Lydd/Loughton, Kent, 12/13 Dec 1916.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
[What will they do?],
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1916, Sep. 15 /
First line: What will they do when I am gone? It is plain. Written 'going home to Steep'. Typescript.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter sent 20 Oct 1916,
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1916, Oct. 20 /
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed 13 Rusham Road, Balham.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter sent 14 Dec 1916,
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1916, Dec. 14 /
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Lydd, Kent.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
The Trumpet
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1916, Sep. 26 /
First line: Rise up, rise up. Written at Royal Artillery Barracks, Trowbridge. Manuscript draft in pencil.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Lights out,
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1916, Nov. /
First line: I have come to the borders of sleep. Written in Trowbridge. Manuscript first draft in ink.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
The Trumpet,
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1916, Sep. 26 /
First line: Rise up, rise up. Written at Royal Artillery Barracks, Trowbridge. Typescript.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
As the team's head brass,
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1916,May. 27 /
First line: As the team's head brass. Written at Hare Hall Camp, Gidea Park, Romford. Manuscript draft in ink.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
[The Wind's song]; [sonnet 3],
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1916,Apr. 22-30 /
First line: Dull-thoughted, walking among the nunneries. Written at Hare Hall. Typescript.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter sent Jan-Feb 1917,
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1917, Jan.-Feb. /
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Codford, Wiltshire, dated 'Sunday evening'.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter sent 17 Jan 1917,
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1917, Jan. 17 /
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked Codford St Mary, Wiltshire, 17 Jan 1917.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
[Song 3],
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1916, Jun. 8-11 /
First line: Early one morning in May I set out. Written at Hare Hall. Manuscript draft in ink. Unique from the versions printed in R. George Thomas, The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas (1978).
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter sent 3 Feb 1917,
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1917, Feb. 3 /
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, sent from France.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
October,
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1915, Oct. 15-16 /
First line: The green elm with the one great bough of gold. Written in High Beech, Essex. Typescript.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Home [2],
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1915, Apr. 17 /
First line: Often I had gone this way before. Written in Steep. Typescript.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
[M. E. T.],
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1916, Feb. 11 /
First line: No one so much as you. Written ' going home on sick leave'. Typescript.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter sent 1 Jan 1917,
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1917, Jan. 1 /
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Lydd, Kent. Formerly in envelope postmarked 2 Jan 1917.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter sent Dec 1916,
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1916, Dec. /
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Lydd, Kent, dated 'Friday'.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
March the 3rd,
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1915, Mar. 23 /
First line: Here again (she said) is March the third. Written in Steep. Typescript. Manuscript alterations in Eleanor Farjeon's hand, lines 6-8 the most heavily corrected, also 9, 13 and 20, which probably reflect the editing mentioned in Thomas' letters to her, printed in E. Farjeon, Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years (1958), p. 132. (1) 'Perhaps I shall be able to mend March the 3rd. I know it must be either mended or ended'. (28 Apr 1915); (2) 'I have mended March 3rd too, you see'. (29 Apr 1915).
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917