National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts

Letter sent Jan-Feb 1917,

424/1/1/1/1/222.
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1917, Jan.-Feb. /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Codford, Wiltshire, dated 'Sunday evening'.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

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-

Lights out,

424/2/139/1.
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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

[M. E. T.],

424/2/101/1.
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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

March the 3rd,

424/2/47/1.
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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

March,

424/2/3/1.
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1914, Dec. 5 /

First line: Now I know that Spring will come again. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Melancholy,

424/2/67/1.
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1915, Apr. 25 /

First line: The rain and wind, the rain and wind raved endlessly. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

November sky,

424/2/2/1.
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1914, Dec. 4 /

First line: November's days are thirty. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

October,

424/2/89/1.
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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

Old man,

424/2/4/1.
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1914, Dec. 6 /

First line: Old Man, or Lad's-love,--in the name there's nothing. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[P. H. T.],

424/2/99/1.
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1916, Feb. 8 /

First line: I may come near loving you. Manuscript draft in ink.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[P. H. T.],

424/2/99/2.
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1916, Feb. 8 /

First line: I may come near loving you. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

R. George Thomas (Edward Thomas) Research Papers

GB 0210 RGTHOS
Fonds
1897-1967

Research papers of Professor R. George Thomas, mostly comprising typescript transcripts and photocopies of letters (the originals of which are held in English, American and Canadian repositories, and in private hands) from the poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917). The letters were assembled by R. George Thomas in preparation for his edition of Edward Thomas: Selected Letters (Oxford University Press, 1995), and are duplicates of copies deposited in the Edward Thomas Archive at Cardiff University.

Thomas, R. George.

[Song 3],

424/2/124/1.
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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

The Ash grove,

424/2/97/1.
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1916, Feb. 8 /

First line: In an ash-grove among the mountains once, I was glad. Written in London. Manuscript, second draft, in ink, sent to Eleanor Farjeon with a letter dated 8 Feb 1916.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[The Dark forest],

424/2/131/1.
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1916, Jul. 1-10 /

First line: Dark is the forest and deep, and overhead. Written at Steep and Hare Hall Camp, Gidea Park, Romford. Manuscript draft in ink. Varies from a version printed in R. George Thomas, The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas (1978) by one word - 'born' rather than 'sown' in line 3.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

The Gallows,

424/2/130/1.
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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