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A Tale [cancelled version],

  • 424/2/52/1.
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  • 1915, Mar. 28 /

First line: There once the walls. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

As the team's head brass,

  • 424/2/121/1.
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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

Birds' nests,

  • 424/2/9/1b.
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  • 1914, Dec. /

First line: The summer nests uncovered by autumn wind. Written in Steep. Typescript. Version B.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Birds' nests,

  • 424/2/9/1a.
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  • 1914, Dec. /

First line: The summer nests uncovered by autumn wind. Written in Steep. Typescript. Version A.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Blenheim oranges,

  • 424/2/134/2.
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  • 1916, Sep. 3 /

First line: Gone, gone again. Written at Royal Artillery School, Handel Street, London W.C. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Blenheim oranges,

  • 424/2/134/1.
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  • 1916, Sep. 3 /

First line: Gone, gone again. Written at Royal Artillery School, Handel Street, London W.C. Manuscript draft in ink. This item is the same version as that once owned by Edward Thomas' mother, Mary Elizabeth Thomas, but a manuscript rather than typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[Bugle call],

  • 424/2/120/1.
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  • 1916, May. 25-26 /

First line: 'No one cares less than I'. Written at Hare Hall Camp, Gidea Park, Romford. Manuscript draft in ink.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Digging [2],

  • 424/2/86/1.
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  • 1915,Jul. 21 /

First line: What matter makes my spade for tears or mirth. Written in London. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Edward Thomas & James Noble: Letters

  • NLW Facs 927
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  • 1895-1896

Photocopies of NLW MS 22919B comprising twenty-nine letters, 1895-6, to Edward Thomas from James Ashcroft Noble (1844-96), father of Helen Thomas, and nine letters, 1896, from Thomas to Noble, mainly concerned with Thomas's writing and Noble's deteriorating health, and a copy of a photograph of Noble's study.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Edward Thomas letters to Jesse Berridge

  • NLW MS 23695E
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  • 1901-1985

Seventy-six letters, 1901-1917, from the poet Edward Thomas to his friend, the Rev. Jesse Berridge, containing personal and family news and references to the progress of his work (ff. 1-102; see The Letters of Edward Thomas to Jesse Berridge, ed. by Anthony Berridge (London, 1983); for letter no. 63 in the series see NLW MS 10617B).
Also included are transcripts of two letters from the poet to Mrs Edna Berridge, 1912 (ff. 103-104); one letter, [1940s], to Jesse Berridge from Helen Thomas, the poet's widow (f. 123), and two letters, 1957-1961, and a card, [?1950s], from Eleanor Farjeon (ff. 125, 127-128 verso), together with related papers, notably Berridge's draft of his short memoir of Edward Thomas, 1947 (ff. 106-111; see Letters, pp. 84-90), a typescript address, 1985, by R. George Thomas (ff. 131-134) and press cuttings, 1907-1978 (ff. 135-144), including articles by Helen Thomas, 1962-1963 (ff. 139-142). The collection also contains sketches by Edward Thomas, 1902 (f. 24 recto-verso), and references to W. H. Davies, 1905 (f. 52 recto-verso), Gordon Bottomley, 1907 (ff. 56, 58), Robert Frost, 1957 (f. 127), and to the First World War, 1915-1917 (ff. 92-102), together with a copy of a letter, 1947, to Rowland L. Watson, secretary of the Edward Thomas Memorial Committee (f. 105).

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Edward Thomas letters to O. M. Edwards

  • NLW MS 23222B.
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  • 1900-1902

Twelve letters, 1900-1902, from Edward Thomas to Sir Owen M. Edwards, his erstwhile tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford, written shortly after Thomas had left university, their main purpose being to ask for guidance in seeking employment; they also reflect his attachment to Wales and his interest in the Welsh language.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

February afternoon [sonnet 2],

  • 424/2/86/1.
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  • 1916, Feb. 7-8 /

First line: Men heard this roar of parleying starlings, saw. Manuscript draft in ink.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Home [2],

  • 424/2/61/1.
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  • 1915, Apr. 17 /

First line: Often I had gone this way before. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Household poems: [1 Bronwen],

  • 424/2/106/1.
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  • 1916, Mar. 29-Apr. 6 /

First line: If I should ever by chance grow rich. Written 'at Little Warley and Hare Hall'. Manuscript draft in pencil.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Household poems: [2 Merfyn],

  • 424/2/107/1.
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  • 1916, Apr. 1-7 /

First line: If I were to own this countryside. Written at Hare Hall. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Household poems: [3 Myfanwy],

  • 424/2/108/1.
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  • 1916, Apr. 2-8 /

First line: What shall I give my daughter the younger. Written at Hare Hall Camp, Gidea Park, Romford. Manuscript draft in pencil. Two versions.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Interval,

  • 424/2/8/1.
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  • 1914, Dec. /

First line: Gone the wild day. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Last poem,

  • 424/2/144/1.
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  • 1917, Jan. 13 /

First line: The sorrow of true love is a great sorrow. Written at Lydd. Manuscript copy in ink in Helen Thomas' hand.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 1 Jan 1917,

  • 424/1/1/1/1/215.
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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 12-13 Dec 1916,

  • 424/1/1/1/1/210.
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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

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