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A Boy's Sorrow by W. H. Davies,

  • NLW MS 23875B.
  • File
  • [1910s]

A holograph copy, [1910s], of 'A Boy's Sorrow', an apparently unpublished poem of two eight-line stanzas by W. H. Davies.

Davies, W. H. (William Henry), 1871-1940

'Leisure' by W. H. Davies

  • NLW MS 23960B.
  • File
  • 1914

A holograph copy of the poem 'Leisure' by W. H. Davies, signed and dated 8 May 1914.
The poem was first published in William H. Davies, Songs of Joy and Others (London, 1911) and thereafter appeared in various collections and anthologies, including William H. Davies, Collected Poems (London, 1916), The Essential W. H. Davies (London, 1951) and The Complete Poems of W. H. Davies (London, 1963). This fair copy was possibly written whilst the poet was in Gloucestershire visiting friends among the Dymock poets (see Selected letters of Robert Frost, ed. by Lawrance Thompson (London, 1965), pp. 122-124).

Davies, W. H. (William Henry), 1871-1940

Letters of Anglo-Welsh writers

  • NLW MS 22003E.
  • File
  • 1901-1991

Over a hundred letters, 1901-1991, of miscellaneous provenance from twentieth-century Anglo-Welsh writers to various recipients; the correspondents include Gillian Clarke (10, and three poems) 1986-1988, Rhys Davies (10) 1928-1929, 1975-1978, W. H. Davies (13, together with press cuttings, 1905-1950s, and four printed poems) [1909x1913]-1925, David Jones (8) 1960-1973, John Cowper Powys (7) 1927-1953, Dylan Thomas (10) 1938-1952, Edward Thomas (7) 1901-1912, Gwyn Thomas (2) 1952-1953, R. S. Thomas (6) 1956-1960 and Vernon Watkins (5) 1962-1966.

Clarke, Gillian, 1937-

W. H. Davies letters

  • GB 0210 MSWHDAVLET
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1962

Papers, 1905-1962, from the collection of E. E. Bissell relating to W. H. Davies, comprising fifty-eight letters and cards, 1905-1938, from Davies to various correspondents including John Gawsworth, Harold Monro and Edward Thomas, with four draft poems by Davies and miscellaneous related papers; together with twenty-one letters, 1951-1962, to Bissell from Richard J. Stonesifer and others concerning Davies.

Davies, W. H. (William Henry), 1871-1940

W. H. Davies letters and papers

  • NLW MS 23937D.
  • File
  • 1908-1960

Letters and other papers of, or relating to, W. H. Davies, 1908-1960, accumulated by his biographer Lawrence Hockey of Newport.
The collection includes twenty-six letters and postcards from W. H. Davies to his literary agent C. F. Cazenove, concerning his literary activities, 1908-1910 (ff. 1, 3-29), and six, mainly personal, letters from Davies to Lawrence Hockey, 1930-1938 (ff. 30-35), as well as letters to Hockey, mainly concerning Davies, from Augustus John, 1941, 1942 (ff. 36-37), Bertram Rota, 22 October 1947 (ff. 38-39), Louis Blake Duff, 1 January 1949 (ff. 40-43), John Gawsworth, 1949 (ff. 44-45), and Huw Menai, 10 February 1955 (f. 51), and a letter from C[harlotte] F[rances] Shaw (wife of G. B. Shaw) to Cazenove, 1 August 1908 (f. 2). Also included are miscellaneous papers relating to W. H. Davies, including typescript copies for publication of three poems, 'The White Horse', [1927] (published in The London Mercury, 15 (1926-27), 344) and 'The Little Devil', [1930], and 'Love Lights his Fire', [1930] (both published in The London Mercury, 23 (1930-31), 105) (ff. 52-54); a photostat copy, [1946], of his will (f. 56); three photographs (ff. 57-59); and newspaper cuttings, [?1930s] (f. 60), 1960 (ff. 62-63); as well as an unpublished letter, 1 February 1955, from Hockey to the Western Mail, in defence of Huw Menai and criticising Dylan Thomas (ff. 47-50).

Davies, W. H. (William Henry), 1871-1940

W. H. Davies manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSWHDAV
  • Fonds
  • [c. 1916]-[c. 1979]

Papers of, or relating to, poet and writer William Henry Davies, comprising autograph fair copies, [c. 1916], of fifteen poems by Davies, some of then apparently unpublished, submitted to James Guthrie for publication by the Pear Tree Press under the title Quiet Streams, together with a letter, 1916, from Davies to Guthrie; and a manuscript bibliography of published works by Davies, [c. 1958]-[c. 1979], compiled by Lloyd Tyrrell-Kenyon, 5th baron Kenyon of Gredington.

Davies, W. H. (William Henry), 1871-1940